Jeremiah 49:1-3

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Judgment on the Ammonites

49 Concerning the Ammonites.

Thus says the Lord:

Has Israel no sons?
    Has he no heir?
Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad,
    and his people settled in its towns?
²Therefore, the time is surely coming,
    says the Lord,
when I will sound the battle alarm
    against Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate mound,
    and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
    says the Lord.

³Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
    Cry out, O daughters^[a] of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth,
    lament, and slash yourselves with whips!^[b]
For Milcom shall go into exile,
    with his priests and his attendants.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 49:3 Or villages
Jeremiah 49:3 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain

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