2. And he said: “The Lord roars from Zionand utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn,and the top of Carmel withers.”
3. Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Damascus,and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,because they have threshed Gileadwith 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 gate-bar of Damascus,and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden;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,because they carried into exile a whole peopleto 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.