¹⁴ He will be a holy place;^(A)
    for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone^(B) that causes people to stumble^(C)
    and a rock that makes them fall.^(D)
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
    a trap and a snare.^(E)

³ The fortified^(A) city will disappear from Ephraim,
    and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
    like the glory^(B) of the Israelites,”^(C)
declares the Lord Almighty.

⁹ Ephraim will be laid waste^(A)
    on the day of reckoning.^(B)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.^(C)

¹⁴ For I will be like a lion^(A) to Ephraim,
    like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces^(B) and go away;
    I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.^(C)

“For three sins of Damascus,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.^(B)
Because she threshed Gilead
    with sledges having iron teeth,
⁴ I will send fire^(C) on the house of Hazael^(D)
    that will consume the fortresses^(E) of Ben-Hadad.^(F)
5 I will break down the gate^(G) of Damascus;
    I will destroy the king who is in^[a] the Valley of Aven^[b]
and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.^(H)
    The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,^(I)”
says the Lord.^(J)