Wail, Heshbon,(A) for Ai is devastated;
cry out, daughters of Rabbah!
Clothe yourselves with sackcloth,(B) and lament;
run back and forth within your walls,[a]
because Milcom will go into exile
together with his priests and officials.(C)
Why do you brag about your valleys,
your flowing valley,[b]
you faithless daughter?
You who trust in your treasures
and boast, “Who can attack me?”
Look, I am about to bring terror on you(D)
this is the declaration of
the Lord God of Hosts—
from all those around you.
You will be banished, each man headlong,
with no one to gather up the fugitives.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:3 Or sheep pens
  2. Jeremiah 49:4 Or about your strength, your ebbing strength

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