1 God gives a message about a city named Damascus. ️ God says it will fall and be a pile of rocks. ⬇️ 2 Towns near Aroer will be empty. ️ Sheep will rest there with no fear. 3 The strong wall in Ephraim will be gone. ❌ The king in Damascus will be gone. ❌ The rest of Aram will be small, like Israel then. 4 On that day, Israel will look small and thin. ♂️⬇️ 5 It will be like a man cuts grain in a field and takes most of it. ✂️ 6 It will be like an olive tree with only 2 or 3 on top, and 4 or 5 on a branch. Only a few are left. 7 On that day, people will look to God. They will look to the Holy One of Israel. ✨ 8 They will not look at fake gods. ❌ They will not trust the things they made. ❌✋ 9 Their big towns will be empty, like old places in the woods. ️ They ran away before, and it is empty again. 10 You forgot God who saves you. ❌ You did not remember your safe Rock, God. You plant nice plants, but not with God. 11 You make the plants grow fast. ⏩ But the food time will be bad. ️ It will hurt and not stop. 12 Many nations make a loud noise. They roar like big sea waves. 13 The nations roar, but God says, Stop! God makes them run far away. ♂️ They blow away like dust in wind. ️ 14 At night it is scary. By morning they are gone. ❌ This is what bad people get. ♂️