“Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:”
God's declaration that he will send fire upon Gaza because of the people taken captive and delivered up to Edom represents judgment against Philistine (Gaza) war crimes involving the capture and trafficking of prisoners. The specific reference to taking captive and delivering to Edom indicates a slave trade that violates basic human dignity and covenant justice, capturing people and selling them into servitude. The judgment through fire indicates that God holds even the pagan nations accountable to standards of justice and compassion, and that the mistreatment of human captives constitutes a transgression worthy of divine punishment.
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