3 Israel’s Neighbors Are Punished The People of Aram This is what the Lord says: “For the many crimes Damascus is doing, I will punish them. They beat the people of Gilead with threshing boards that had iron teeth.

4 So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael. That fire will destroy the strong towers of Ben-Hadad.

5 I will break down the gate of Damascus. I will destroy the king who is in the Valley of Aven. I will also destroy the king of Beth Eden. The people of Aram will be taken captive to the country of Kir,” says the Lord.