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1.7 :And it shall devour the palace thereof;
 * And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,
 * And him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon;
 * And I will turn My hand against Ekron,
 * And the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,
 * Saith the Lord.


 * Thus saith the :
 * For three transgressions of Tyre,
 * Yea, for four, I will not reverse it:
 * Because they delivered up a whole captivity to Edom,
 * And remembered not the brotherly covenant.
 * So will I send a fire on the wall of Tyre,
 * And it shall devour the palaces thereof.


 * Thus saith the :
 * For three transgressions of Edom,
 * Yea, for four, I will not reverse it:
 * Because he did pursue his brother with the sword,
 * And did cast off all pity,
 * And his anger did tear perpetually,
 * And he kept his wrath for ever.
 * So will I send a fire upon Teman,
 * And it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.


 * Thus saith the :
 * For three transgressions of the children of Ammon,
 * Yea, for four, I will not reverse it:
 * Because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead,
 * That they might enlarge their border.
 * So will I kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,
 * And it shall devour the palaces thereof,
 * With shouting in the day of battle,
 * With a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
 * And their king shall go into captivity,
 * He and his princes together,
 * Saith the.


 * Thus saith the :
 * For three transgressions of Moab,
 * Yea, for four, I will not reverse it:
 * Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.
 * So will I send a fire upon Moab,
 * And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth;
 * And Moab shall die with tumult,
 * With shouting, and with the sound of the horn;
 * And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof,
 * And will slay all the princes thereof with him,
 * Saith the.


 * Thus saith the :
 * For three transgressions of Judah,
 * Yea, for four, I will not reverse it:
 * Because they have rejected the law of the ,
 * And have not kept His statutes,
 * And their lies have caused them to err,
 * After which their fathers did walk.
 * So will I send a fire upon Judah,
 * And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.


 * Thus saith the :
 * For three transgressions, of Israel,
 * Yea, for four, I will not reverse it:
 * Because they sell the righteous for silver,
 * And the needy for a pair of shoes;
 * That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,