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Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Damascus,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they have threshed Gilead
    with threshing sledges of iron.(A)
So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.(B)
I will break the gate bars of Damascus
    and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven
and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden,
    and the people of Aram shall go into exile to Kir,
            says the Lord.(C)

Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Gaza,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[b]
because they carried into exile entire communities,
    to hand them over to Edom.(D)
So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,
    and it shall devour its strongholds.
I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod
    and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
    and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,
            says the Lord God.(E)

Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Tyre,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[c]
because they delivered entire communities over to Edom
    and did not remember the covenant of kinship.(F)
10 So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,
    and it shall devour its strongholds.(G)

11 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Edom,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[d]
because he pursued his brother with the sword
    and cast off all pity;
he maintained his anger perpetually[e]
    and kept his wrath[f] forever.(H)
12 So I will send a fire on Teman,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.(I)

13 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[g]
because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead
    in order to enlarge their territory.(J)
14 So I will kindle a fire against the wall of Rabbah,
    and it shall devour its strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
    with a storm on the day of the whirlwind;(K)
15 then their king shall go into exile,
    he and his officials together,
            says the Lord.(L)

Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Moab,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[h]
because he burned to lime
    the bones of the king of Edom.(M)
So I will send a fire on Moab,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
    amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;(N)
I will cut off the ruler from its midst
    and will kill all its officials with him,
            says the Lord.(O)

Judgment on Judah

Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Judah,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[i]
because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord
    and have not kept his statutes,
but they have been led astray by the same lies
    after which their ancestors walked.(P)
So I will send a fire on Judah,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.(Q)

Footnotes

  1. 1.3 Heb cause it to return
  2. 1.6 Heb cause it to return
  3. 1.9 Heb cause it to return
  4. 1.11 Heb cause it to return
  5. 1.11 Syr Vg: Heb and his anger tore perpetually
  6. 1.11 Gk Syr Vg: Heb and his wrath kept
  7. 1.13 Heb cause it to return
  8. 2.1 Heb cause it to return
  9. 2.4 Heb cause it to return