1:3 This is what the Lord says:

“Because Damascus has committed three crimes ¹  –

make that four! ²  – I will not revoke my

decree of judgment. ³ 

They ripped through Gilead like threshing sledges with iron teeth. ⁴ 

1:6 This is what the Lord says:

“Because Gaza ⁵  has committed three crimes ⁶  –

make that four! ⁷  – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. ⁸ 

They deported a whole community ⁹  and sold them ¹⁰  to Edom.

1:9 This is what the Lord says:

“Because Tyre has committed three crimes ¹¹  –

make that four! ¹²  – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. ¹³ 

They sold ¹⁴  a whole community ¹⁵  to Edom;

they failed to observe ¹⁶  a treaty of brotherhood. ¹⁷ 

1:11 This is what the Lord says:

“Because Edom has committed three crimes ¹⁸  –

make that four! ¹⁹  – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. ²⁰ 

He chased his brother ²¹  with a sword;

he wiped out his allies. ²² 

In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; ²³ 

in his fury he relentlessly attacked them. ²⁴ 

1:13 This is what the Lord says:

“Because the Ammonites have committed three crimes ²⁵  –

make that four! ²⁶  – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. ²⁷ 

They ripped open Gilead’s pregnant women ²⁸ 

so they could expand their territory.

2:1 The heavens and the earth ¹  were completed with everything that was in them. ² 

2:4 This is the account ³  of the heavens and the earth ⁴  when they were created – when the Lord God ⁵  made the earth and heavens. ⁶ 

2:6 Springs ⁷  would well up ⁸  from the earth and water ⁹  the whole surface of the ground. ¹⁰