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“People in Heshbon, cry because the town of Ai is destroyed!
    Those who live in Rabbah Ammon, cry out!
Put on your rough cloth to show your sadness, and cry loudly.
    Run here and there for safety inside the walls.
This is because the enemy will take Molech away as a captive.
    They will also take away his priests and officers with him.
You brag about your valleys.
    You brag about the fruit in your valleys.
You are like an unfaithful child.
    You believe your treasures will save you.
    You think, ‘Who would attack me?’
I will bring terror on you
    from every side,”
    says the Master, the Lord of heaven’s armies.
“You will all be forced away.
    No one will be able to gather you.

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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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