3 Thus says the Lord:

“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.

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

and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.

5 I will break the bar of Damascus,

and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,

and him that holds the scepter from Beth-eden;c

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

says the Lord.

6 Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of Gaza,

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

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 that holds the scepter from Ashkelon;

I will turn my hand against Ekron;

and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”

says the Lord GOD.

9 Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of Tyre,

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

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.”

11 Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of Edom,

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

because he pursued his brother with the sword,

and cast off all pity,

and his anger tore perpetually,

and he kept his wrath* for ever.

12 So I will send a fire upon Teman,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.”

13 Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of the Ammonites,

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

because they have ripped up women with child 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 in the day of battle,

with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

15 and their king shall go into exile,

he and his princes together,”

says the Lord.

Chapter 2

1 Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of Moab,

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

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 slay all its princes with him,”

says the Lord.

4 Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of Judah,

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

because they have rejected the law of the Lord,

and have not kept his statutes,

but their lies have led them astray,

after which their fathers walked.

5 So I will send a fire upon Judah,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”