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Thus says the LORD: 1"For three transgressions of 2Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because 3they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom.
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So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
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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.
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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 people to deliver them up to Edom.
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So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds.
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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.