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Therefore, the days are coming,
    says the Lord,
when I will sound the battle cry
    against Rabbah of the Ammonites.
It will become a desolate mound,
    and its villages will be burned to the ground.
Then Israel will dispossess
    those who dispossessed her, says the Lord.
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been laid waste.
    Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah.
Wrap yourselves in sackcloth and mourn;
    run to and fro and gash your bodies.
For Milcom will go into exile
    together with his priests and his attendants.
Why do you glory in your strength
    that is now beginning to ebb?
O rebellious daughter,
    you place your trust in your treasures,
    saying, “Who will dare to attack me?”

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