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Jeremiah 49:23-39 (CEV)

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²³ The LORD says about Damascus: The towns of Hamath and Arpad have heard your bad news. They have lost hope, and worries roll over them like ocean waves. ²⁴ You people of Damascus have lost your courage, and in panic you turn to run, gripped by fear and pain. ²⁵ I once was pleased with your famous city. But now I warn you, "Escape while you still can!" ²⁶ Soon, even your best soldiers will lie dead in your streets. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken. ²⁷ I will set fire to your city walls and burn down the fortresses King Benhadad built. ²⁸ Here is what the LORD says about the Kedar tribe and the desert villages that were conquered by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia: Listen, you people of Kedar and the other tribes of the eastern desert. I have told Nebuchadnezzar to attack and destroy you ²⁹ His fearsome army will surround you, taking your tents and possessions, your sheep and camels. ³⁰ Run and hide, you people of the desert who live in villages! Nebuchadnezzar has big plans for you. ³¹ You have no city walls and no neighbors to help, yet you think you're safe-- so I told him to attack. ³² Then your camels and large herds will be yours no longer. People of the Arabian Desert, disaster will strike you from every side, and you will be scattered everywhere on earth. ³³ Only jackals will live where your villages once stood. I, the LORD, have spoken. ³⁴ Not long after Zedekiah became king of Judah, the LORD told me to say: People of Elam, I, the LORD All-Powerful, will kill the archers who make your army strong. ³⁵ (SEE 49:34) ³⁶ Enemies will attack from all directions, and you will be led captive to every nation on earth. ³⁷ Their armies will crush and kill you, and you will face the disaster that my anger brings. ³⁸ Your king and his officials will die, and I will rule in their place. I, the LORD, have spoken. ³⁹ But I promise that someday I will bring your people back to their land.

Definition(s):
Arpad (Ar-pad): the light of redemption
Damascus (Da-mas-kus): a sack full of blood; the similitude of burning
Hamath (Ham-ath): anger; heat; a wall
Kedar (Kee-dar): blackness; sorrow
Nebuchadnezzar (Neb-ukh-ad-nezz-ar): Nebuchadrezzar, tears and groans of judgment
Zedekiah (Zedd-ek-eye-a): the Lord is my justice; the justice of the Lord