“Hamath^(B) and Arpad^(C) are dismayed,
    for they have heard bad news.
They are disheartened,
    troubled like^[a] the restless sea.^(D)

“For three sins of Damascus,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.^(B)
Because she threshed Gilead
    with sledges having iron teeth,

The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrak
    and will come to rest on Damascus^(B)—
for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel
    are on the Lord—^[a]