3. This is what the lord says:“The people of Damascus have sinned again and again,and I will not let them go unpunished!They beat down my people in Gileadas grain is threshed with iron sledges.
4. So I will send down fire on King Hazael’s palace,and the fortresses of King Ben-hadad will be destroyed.
5. I will break down the gates of Damascusand slaughter the people in the valley of Aven.I will destroy the ruler in Beth-eden,and the people of Aram will go as captives to Kir,”says the lord.
6. This is what the lord says: “The people of Gaza have sinned again and again,and I will not let them go unpunished!They sent whole villages into exile,selling them as slaves to Edom.