^(A)“For three transgressions of ^(B)Damascus,
    and for four, ^(C)I will not revoke the punishment,^[a]
because they have threshed ^(D)Gilead
    with threshing sledges of iron.

^(A)“For three transgressions of ^(B)Tyre,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,
    and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

^(A)“For three transgressions of ^(B)Edom,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
^(C)because he pursued his brother with the sword
    ^(D)and cast off all pity,
^(E)and his anger tore perpetually,
    ^(F)and he kept his wrath for ever.

^(A)“For three transgressions of the ^(B)Ammonites,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^(C)they have ripped open pregnant women in ^(D)Gilead,
    that they might enlarge their border.

^(A)“For three transgressions of ^(B)Moab,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,^[a]
because ^(C)he burned to lime
    the bones of the king of Edom.