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Thus saith the LORD; For threetransgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshedGilead with threshing instruments of iron:
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But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
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I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain[a] of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden*: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,saith the LORD.
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Thus saith the LORD; For threetransgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive[b] the wholecaptivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
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But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
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And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the LordGOD.
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Thus saith the LORD; For threetransgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the wholecaptivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly[c]covenant:
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But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
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Thus saith the LORD; For threetransgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tearperpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
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But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
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Thus saith the LORD; For threetransgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: