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Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro among the fences; for [a]Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together. [b]Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, from all that are round about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth, and there shall be none to gather together the fugitives.

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  1. Jeremiah 49:3 Or, their king
  2. Jeremiah 49:4 Or, Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys? thy valley floweth away