Thomson(i)
1 The Oracle against Damascus. Behold Damascus shall be removed from among cities, and shall be for desolation;
2 left for ever for the folding of flocks, and for a resting place where none will scare them.
3 And it shall no more be a fortress for Ephraim to flee to; nor [s] [S=Sion.] shall there be again a regal government in Damascus; ever hereafter, of the Syrians. For thou art not better than the children of Israel; than that which was their glory. Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
4 there shall be in that day a diminution of the glory of Jacob; and the fatness of his glory shall be shaken;
5 and it shall be as when one gathereth the standing harvest and reapeth the ears of stalks; nay, it shall be as when one gathereth stalks in a sterile vale,