PROPHECIES AGAINST AMMON

49 About the Ammonites,b this is what the Lord says:

Does Israel have no sons?

Is he without an heir?

Why then has MilcomB,C dispossessed Gadc

and his people settled in their cities?

2 Therefore look, the days are comingd—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

when I will make the shout of battlee heard

against Rabbahf of the Ammonites.

It will become a desolate mound,

and its surrounding villages will be set on fire.

Israel will dispossess their dispossessors,

says the Lord.

3 Wail, Heshbon,g for Ai is devastated;

cry out, daughters of Rabbah!

Clothe yourselves with sackcloth,h and lament;

run back and forth within your walls,D

because Milcom will go into exile

together with his priests and officials.i