2. He said:“the Lord will roar from Zion,and utter his voice from Jerusalem;and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn,and the top of Carmel will wither.”
3. the Lord says:“For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment;because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;
4. but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
5. I will break the bar of Damascus,and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden;and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,”says the Lord.
6. the Lord says:“For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment;because they carried away captive the whole community,to deliver them up to Edom;