1. The burden of Damascus. Behold Damascus shall cease to be a city, and shall be as a ruinous heap of stones.
2. The cities of Aroer shall be left for flocks, and they shall rest there, and there shall be none to make them afraid.
3. And aid shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: and the remnant of Syria shall be as the glory of the children of Israel: saith the Lord of hosts.
4. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.
5. And it shall be as when one gathereth in the harvest that which remaineth, and his arm shall gather the ears of corn: and it shall be as he that seeketh ears in the vale of Raphaim.