Jeremiah 49:24-26

International Standard Version

²⁴ Damascus will become weak.
    She will turn to flee, but panic will seize her.
Distress and anguish will take hold of her
    like that of^[a] a woman giving birth.
²⁵ Why^[b] is the famous city,^[c] the joyful town,
    not abandoned?
²⁶ Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,
    and all her soldiers will be silenced on that day,”
        declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.