Concerning (y) Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; [there is] sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
(y) Which was the chief city of Syria, by which he means the whole country.
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Jeremiah 49:23
23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted;c there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.