Damascus. The prophecy refers to the Aramæ ans; Hamath, 110 miles N. of Damascus, and Arpad, 95 m. N. of Hamath, never belonged to the Damascene kingdom. They were absorbed into the Assyrian empire c. 720 B.C.; cf. Isaiah 10:9. There is no mention of these cities in the list of foreign prophecies, Jeremiah 25:18 ff. The prophecy announces the invasion of certain Aramæ an cities in conventional terms drawn from other prophecies.
Jeremiah 49:23. Cf. Isaiah 57:20; read, after tidings, partly with LXX, they surge as the sea; they are anxious and cannot be quiet.
Jeremiah 49:24. Cf. Jeremiah 6:24.
Jeremiah 49:25. Spoken by the inhabitants; omit the negative; cf. Isaiah 32:13.
Jeremiah 49:26 as Jeremiah 50:30; therefore has no point here.
Jeremiah 49:27. Cf. Amos 1:4.