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21 Ha’aretz shakes at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in Yam Suf.

22 Hinei, He shall come up and fly like the nesher, and spread His wings over Botzrah; and in that day shall the lev of the Gibborim of Edom be as the lev of an isha in her birth pangs.

23 Concerning Damascus: Chamat is shamed, and Arpad, for they have heard bad news; they are fainthearted; there is anxiety on the yam (sea); it cannot be quiet.

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21 At the sound of their fall the earth will tremble;(A)
    their cry(B) will resound to the Red Sea.[a]
22 Look! An eagle will soar and swoop(C) down,
    spreading its wings over Bozrah.(D)
In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors(E)
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.(F)

A Message About Damascus

23 Concerning Damascus:(G)

“Hamath(H) and Arpad(I) are dismayed,
    for they have heard bad news.
They are disheartened,
    troubled like[b] the restless sea.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:21 Or the Sea of Reeds
  2. Jeremiah 49:23 Hebrew on or by