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

“For three sins of Israel,
    even for four, I will not relent.^(A)
They sell the innocent for silver,
    and the needy for a pair of sandals.^(B)

“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)

“For three sins of Judah,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law^(B) of the Lord
    and have not kept his decrees,^(C)
because they have been led astray^(D) by false gods,^[a](E)
    the gods^[b] their ancestors followed,^(F)

“For three sins of Moab,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashes^(B)
    the bones of Edom’s king,

“For three sins of Ammon,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he ripped open the pregnant women^(B) of Gilead
    in order to extend his borders,