² The towns of Aroer will be deserted.
    Flocks will graze in the streets and lie down undisturbed,
    with no one to chase them away.
³ The fortified towns of Israel^[a] will also be destroyed,
    and the royal power of Damascus will end.
All that remains of Syria^[b]
    will share the fate of Israel’s departed glory,”
    declares the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

⁴ “In that day Israel’s^[c] glory will grow dim;
    its robust body will waste away.