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Jeremiah 49:23

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Of Damascus:
“Hamath is confounded, and Arpad;
for they have heard evil news.
They have melted away.
There is sorrow on the sea.
It can’t be quiet.

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Jeremiah 49:23 in other translations

Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

Jeremiah 49:23 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 49:23 in context

  1. 21The earth trembles at the noise of their fall;
    there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea.
  2. 22Behold, he will come up and fly as the eagle,
    and spread out his wings against Bozrah.
    The heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
  3. 23Of Damascus:
    “Hamath is confounded, and Arpad;
    for they have heard evil news.
    They have melted away.
    There is sorrow on the sea.
    It can’t be quiet.
  4. 24Damascus has grown feeble,
    she turns herself to flee,
    and trembling has seized her.
    Anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
    as of a woman in travail.
  5. 25How is the city of praise not forsaken,
    the city of my joy?