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“People in Heshbon, cry because the town of Ai is destroyed!
    Women in Rabbah of Ammon, cry!
Put on sackcloth and cry.
    Run to the city for safety,
because the enemy will take away the god Milcom,
    with his priests and officials.
You brag about your strength,
    but you are losing your strength.
You trust in your wealth to save you.
    You think no one would even think of attacking you.”
But this is what the Lord God All-Powerful says:
    “I will bring troubles to you from every side.
You will all run away,
    and no one will be able to bring you together again.”

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“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.
Why do you boast of your valleys,
    boast of your valleys so fruitful?
Unfaithful Daughter Ammon,(F)
    you trust in your riches(G) and say,
    ‘Who will attack me?’(H)
I will bring terror on you
    from all those around you,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
“Every one of you will be driven away,
    and no one will gather the fugitives.(I)

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