⁵ I will break down the gate^(A) of Damascus;
    I will destroy the king who is in^[a] the Valley of Aven^[b]
and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.^(B)
    The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,^(C)”
says the Lord.^(D)

“For three sins of Gaza,^(E)
    even for four, I will not relent.^(F)
Because she took captive whole communities
    and sold them to Edom,^(G)
7 I will send fire on the walls of Gaza
    that will consume her fortresses.