Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

2 And he said:

The Lord roars from Zion,

and utters his voice from Jerusalem;

the pastures of the shepherds wither,

and the top of Carmel dries up.

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 on the house of Hazael,

and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.

5 I will break the gate bars of Damascus,

and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,

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

and the people of Aram 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;c

because they carried into exile entire communities,

to hand them over to Edom.

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

fire that shall devour its strongholds.

8 I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod,

and the one 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.

9 Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Tyre,

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

because they delivered entire communities over to Edom,

and did not remember the covenant of kinship.

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

fire that shall devour its strongholds.

11 Thus says the Lord:

For three transgressions of Edom,

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

because he pursued his brother with the sword

and cast off all pity;

he maintained his anger perpetually,f

and kept his wrathg forever.

12 So I will send a fire on 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;h

because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead

in order to enlarge their territory.

14 So 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;

15 then their king shall go into exile,

he and his officials together,

says the Lord.