| Geneva Study Bible How is the {a} city of praise not left, the city of my joy! (a) He speaks this in the person of the king and of them of the country who will wonder to see Damascus the chief city destroyed. Wesley's Notes 49:25 Of my joy - A city of great renown. The king of Syria is here supposed to speak. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 25. city of praise-The prophet, in the person of a citizen of Damascus deploring its calamity, calls it "the city of praise," that is, celebrated with praises everywhere for its beauty (Jer 33:9; 51:41). "How is it possible that such a city has not been left whole-has not been spared by the foe?" Compare left, Lu 17:35, 36. So Israel "left" standing some of the Canaanite cities (Jos 11:13). of my joy-that is, in which I delighted. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 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. | 
