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The LORD roars from Zion,

and utters his voice from Jerusalem;

the pastures of the shepherds wither,

and the top of Carmel dries up.

³Thus says the LORD:

For three transgressions of Damascus,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;

because they have threshed Gilead

with threshing-sledges of iron.

⁴So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.

⁵I will break the gate-bars of Damascus,

and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,

and the one who holds the sceptre from Beth-eden;

and the people of Aram shall go into exile to Kir,

⁶Thus says the LORD:

For three transgressions of Gaza,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;

because they carried into exile entire communities,

to hand them over to Edom.

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

fire that shall devour its strongholds.

⁸I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod,

and the one who holds the sceptre from Ashkelon;

I will turn my hand against Ekron,

and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,

⁹Thus says the LORD:

For three transgressions of Tyre,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;

because they delivered entire communities over to Edom,

and did not remember the covenant of kinship.

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

fire that shall devour its strongholds.

¹¹Thus says the LORD:

For three transgressions of Edom,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;

because he pursued his brother with the sword

and cast off all pity;

he maintained his anger perpetually,

and kept his wrath for ever.

¹²So I will send a fire on Teman,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.

¹³Thus says the LORD:

For three transgressions of the Ammonites,

and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;

because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead

in order to enlarge their territory.

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

fire that shall devour its strongholds,

with shouting on the day of battle,

with a storm on the day of the whirlwind;

¹⁵then their king shall go into exile,

he and his officials together,