5. I will break the barred gate of Damascus;From the Valley of Aven I will cut off the one enthroned,And the sceptered ruler from Beth-eden;the people of Aram shall be exiled to Kir, says the Lord.
6. Thus says the Lord:For three crimes of Gaza, and now four—I will not take it back—Because they exiled an entire population,handing them over to Edom,
7. I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza,and it will devour its strongholds;
8. From Ashdod I will cut off the one enthronedand the sceptered ruler from Ashkelon;I will turn my hand against Ekron,and the last of the Philistines shall perish,says the Lord God.
9. Thus says the Lord:For three crimes of Tyre, and now four—I will not take it back—Because they handed over an entire population to Edom,and did not remember their covenant of brotherhood,
10. I will send fire upon the wall of Tyre,and it will devour its strongholds.
11. Thus says the Lord:For three crimes of Edom, and now four—I will not take it back—Because he pursued his brother with the sword,suppressing all pity,Persisting in his anger,his wrath raging without end,
12. I will send fire upon Teman,and it will devour the strongholds of Bozrah.
13. Thus says the Lord:For three crimes of the Ammonites, and now four—I will not take it back—Because they ripped open pregnant women in Gilead,in order to extend their territory,
14. I will kindle a fire upon the wall of Rabbah,and it will devour its strongholdsAmid war cries on the day of battle,amid stormwind on the day of tempest.
15. Their king shall go into exile,he and his princes with him, says the Lord.