1 Oracle on Damascus:See, Damascus shall cease to be a cityand become a pile of ruins;
2 Her cities shall be forever abandoned,for flocks to lie in undisturbed.
3 The fortress shall vanish from Ephraimand dominion from Damascus;The remnant of Aram shall become like the gloryof the Israelites—oracle of the Lord of hosts.
4 On that dayThe glory of Jacob shall fade,and his full body shall grow thin.