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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 travail.
25 How the famous city is forsaken,[a]
    the joyful city![b]
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares,
    and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day,
                says the Lord of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:25 Vg: Heb not forsaken
  2. Jeremiah 49:25 Syr Vg Tg: Heb city of my joy

24 Damascus has become feeble,
    she has turned to flee
    and panic has gripped her;
anguish and pain have seized her,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.(A)
25 Why has the city of renown not been abandoned,
    the town in which I delight?
26 Surely, her young men(B) will fall in the streets;
    all her soldiers will be silenced(C) in that day,”
declares the Lord Almighty.

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