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25 How is the famous city not forsaken,[a]
    the town of my joy?[b](A)
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares,
    and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day,
            says the Lord of hosts.(B)
27 And I will kindle a fire at the wall of Damascus,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 49.25 Vg: Heb is not forsaken
  2. 49.25 Syr Vg Tg: Heb the town of my joy

25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.

27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.

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