3This is what the LORD says:
“For three transgressions of Damascus, even four,
I will not revoke My judgment,
because they threshed Gilead
with sledges of iron.
4So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael
to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.
5I will break down the gates of Damascus;
I will cut off the ruler of the Valley of Aven
and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden.
The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,”
— Amos 1:3-5