Podcasts religion High Time to Awake The nations are disquieted over Syria

The nations are disquieted over Syria

Published: March 21, 2016, 12:36 a.m.

b'The prophet Jeremiah asks the question \\u201cHow is Damascus not there?\\u201d. Damascus is the oldest continually inhabited city in the world. One day it will no longer exist.

Jeremiah 49:23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

What is Jeremiah telling us? Obviously this prophecy is concerning Damascus, Syria. In the verse above Jeremiah mentions two cities. Hamath and Arpad (Tell Erfad or Tell Rifaat) are both located in northwestern Syria. Today Hamah is Syria\\u2019s fifth largest city with a population of 313 thousand. Hamah is further south but still close to the Turkish border. Arpad is modern Tell Rifaat about 25 miles north of Aleppo and about 20 miles south of the Turkish border. These cities are along the path of an invasion launched from Turkey headed towards Damascus.'