1 The oracle of Damascus. See, Damascus will cease from being a city;it shall be a ruinous heap.
2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken;they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down,and no one shall make them afraid.
3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim,and the kingdom from Damascus,and the remnant of Aram;they shall be as the glory of the sons of Israel,says the Lord of Hosts.
4 In that day the glory of Jacob shall decrease,and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.
5 It shall be as when the harvestman gathers the cornand reaps the ears with his arm,and it shall be as he who gathers earsin the Valley of Rephaim.