^f“The Lord ^groars from Zion

and utters his voice from Jerusalem;

the pastures of the shepherds mourn,

and the top of ^hCarmel withers.”

“For ^jthree transgressions of Damascus,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,¹

because they have threshed Gilead

with threshing sledges of iron.

4  ^kSo I will send a fire upon the house of ^lHazael,

and it shall devour the strongholds of ^mBen-hadad.

5  I will break the gate-bar of Damascus,

and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,²

and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden;

and the people of Syria shall go into exile to ⁿKir,”

says the Lord.

“For three transgressions of ^pGaza,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they carried into exile a whole people

to deliver them up to Edom.

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

and it shall devour her strongholds.

8  I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod,

and him 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.

“For three transgressions of Tyre,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,

because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,

and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

10  So 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,

^sbecause he pursued his brother with the sword

and cast off all pity,

and his anger tore ^tperpetually,

and he kept his wrath forever.

12  So 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,

because they have ^vripped open pregnant women in Gilead,

that they might enlarge their border.

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

and it shall devour her strongholds,

with shouting on the day of battle,

with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

15  and ^wtheir king shall go into exile,

he and his princes³ together,”

says the Lord.

“For three transgressions of Moab,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,⁴

because he burned to lime

the bones of the king of Edom.

2  So I will send a fire upon Moab,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth,

and Moab shall die amid uproar,

amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;

3  I will cut off the ruler from its midst,

and will kill all its princes⁵ with him,”

says the Lord.