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Wail, 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[c] shall go into exile,
    with his priests and his attendants.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 49.3 Or villages
  2. 49.3 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  3. 49.3 Gk Vg Syr: Heb their king

“Wail, Heshbon,(A) for Ai(B) is destroyed!
    Cry out, you inhabitants of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth(C) and mourn;
    rush here and there inside the walls,
for Molek(D) will go into exile,(E)
    together with his priests and officials.

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