Jeremiah 49:23-25

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Hamath and Arpad are confounded,
    for they have heard bad news;
they melt in fear, they are troubled like the sea^[a]
    that cannot be quiet.
²⁴ Damascus has become feeble, she turned to flee,
    and panic seized her;
anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
    as of a woman in labor.
²⁵ How the famous city is forsaken,^[b]
    the joyful town!^[c]