^{1 Ref} The burden of Damascus. Lo, Damascus is taken away from `being' a city, And it hath been a heap -- a ruin.

^{2 Ref} Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.

^{3 Ref} And ceased hath the fortress from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Aram are as the honour of the sons of Israel, The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!

^{4 Ref} And it hath come to pass, in that day, Wax poor doth the honour of Jacob, And the fatness of his flesh doth wax lean.