2  Therefore, behold, the days are coming,

declares the Lord,

when I will cause ^dthe battle cry to be heard

against ^eRabbah of the Ammonites;

it shall become a desolate ^fmound,

and its villages shall be burned with fire;

then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,

says the Lord.

Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city

and will become a heap of ruins.

2  For you have made the city ^ma heap,

the fortified city a ruin;

the foreigners’ palace is a city no more;

it will never be rebuilt.

18  “Thus says the Lord:

Behold, ^mI will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob

and have compassion on his dwellings;

the city shall be rebuilt on ⁿits mound,

and the palace shall stand where it used to be.