Jeremiah 49:23
Concerning Damascus:
What it says
Hamath and Arpad are ashamed because they have heard bad news and are agitated like the sea.
What it is doing
This verse spreads panic ahead of the blow itself.
In context
23Concerning Damascus: 24Damascus has become feeble; 25How is the city of praise not forsaken, 26For her young men will fall in the streets, 27“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus;