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)

⁷ “Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites^[a]?”^(A)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines^(B) from Caphtor^[b](C)
    and the Arameans from Kir?^(D)