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“Wail, O (A)Heshbon, for (B)Ai has been destroyed!
Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah,
(C)Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,
And rush back and forth inside the walls;
For [a]Malcam will (D)go into exile
Together with his priests and his princes.
How (E)boastful you are about the valleys!
Your valley is flowing away,
O (F)faithless daughter
Who trusts in her (G)treasures, saying,
(H)Who will come against me?’
Behold, I am going to bring (I)dread upon you,”
Declares Lord Yahweh of hosts,
“From all around you;
And each of you will be (J)banished [b]headlong,
With no one to gather the (K)one who flees.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:3 Cf. 49:1
  2. Jeremiah 49:5 Lit before him