25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
25 Why has the city of renown not been abandoned, the town in which I delight?
25 How is the famous city not forsaken, the city of my joy?
25 And now how lonely - bereft, abandoned! The once famous city, the once happy city.
25 Why is the city of praise not deserted, the city of My joy?
25 That famous city, a city of joy, will be forsaken!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 49:25
Commentary on Jeremiah 49:23-27
(Read Jeremiah 49:23-27)
How easily God can dispirit those nations that have been most celebrated for valour! Damascus waxes feeble. It was a city of joy, having all the delights of the sons of men. But those deceive themselves who place their happiness in carnal joys.