²⁷ Caraway is not threshed^(A) with a sledge,^(B)
    nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin;
caraway is beaten out with a rod,^(C)
    and cumin with a stick.

¹⁵ “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,^(A)
    new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains^(B) and crush them,
    and reduce the hills to chaff.^(C)

“For three sins of Damascus,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.^(B)
Because she threshed Gilead
    with sledges having iron teeth,

²⁸ Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant,
    for I am with you,”^(A) declares the Lord.
“Though I completely destroy^(B) all the nations
    among which I scatter you,
    I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only in due measure;
    I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”

⁷ Has the Lord struck her
    as he struck^(A) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
    as those were killed who killed her?
⁸ By warfare^[a] and exile^(B) you contend with her—
    with his fierce blast he drives her out,
    as on a day the east wind^(C) blows.