23Damascus is put to shame, Hamath and Arpad, because they have heard bad tidings; they have melted away by the sea; anxiety cannot be quieted.24Damascus has grown slack; she has turned to flee, and panic has seized her; distress and pains have taken hold of her like a woman in labor.25How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town of my praise and rejoicing?26Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of battle shall be silenced on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts.27I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, and it will consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.