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The People of Phoenicia

This is what the Lord says:

“For the many crimes Tyre is doing,
    I will punish them.
They sold all the people of one area
    as slaves to Edom.
    They forgot the brotherly agreement they had made with Israel.
10 So I will send fire on the walls of Tyre.
    That fire will destroy the city’s strong towers.”

The People of Edom

11 This is what the Lord says:

“For the many crimes Edom is doing,
    I will punish them.
They hunted down their brothers, the Israelites, with the sword.
    They showed them no mercy.
The people of Edom were continually angry.
    And they did not hold back their great anger.

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This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Tyre,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.(B)
Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,
    disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,(C)
10 I will send fire on the walls of Tyre
    that will consume her fortresses.(D)

11 This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Edom,(E)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he pursued his brother with a sword(F)
    and slaughtered the women of the land,
because his anger raged continually
    and his fury flamed unchecked,(G)

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