Amos 1:3-8

Modern English Version

For three transgressions of Damascus,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they have threshed Gilead
    with threshing sledges of iron.
⁴ So I will send fire against the house of Hazael,
    and it will devour the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.
⁵ I will break the gate bar of Damascus;
    from the Valley of Aven I will cut off the one enthroned,
and from Beth Eden the one who holds the scepter.
    The people of Aram will go into captivity to Kir,
    says the Lord.

For three transgressions of Gaza,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they carried away into exile an entire deportation,
    to deliver them up to Edom.
⁷ So I will send fire against the wall of Gaza,
    and it will devour its fortresses.
⁸ From Ashdod I will cut off the one enthroned
    and from Ashkelon the one who holds the scepter.
I will turn My hand against Ekron,
    and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,
    says the Lord God.