"The Lord roars from Zion,

and utters his voice from Jerusalem;

the pastures of the shepherds mourn,

and the top of Carmel withers."

"For three transgressions of Damascus,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;b

because they have threshed Gilead

with threshing sledges of iron.

4So I will send a fire upon the house of Haz'ael,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-ha'dad.

5I will break the bar of Damascus,

and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,c

and him that holds the scepter from Beth-e'den;

and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,"

says the Lord.

"For three transgressions of Gaza,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;d

because they carried into exile a whole people

to deliver them up to Edom.

7So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,

and it shall devour her strongholds.

8I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod,

and him that holds the scepter from Ash'kelon;

I will turn my hand against Ekron;

and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,"

says the Lord God.

"For three transgressions of Tyre,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;e

because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,

and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

10So I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,

and it shall devour her strongholds."

"For three transgressions of Edom,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;f

because he pursued his brother with the sword,

and cast off all pity,

and his anger tore perpetually,

and he kept his wrathg for ever.

12So I will send a fire upon Teman,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah."

"For three transgressions of the Ammonites,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;h

because they have ripped up women with child in Gilead,

that they might enlarge their border.

14So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,

and it shall devour her strongholds,

with shouting in the day of battle,

with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

15and their king shall go into exile,

he and his princes together,"

says the Lord.