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

4 Why do you boast about your valleys,

your flowing valley,E

you faithless daughter—

you who trust in your treasures

and say, “Who can attack me?”

5 Look, I am about to bring terror on youj—

this is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies—

from all those around you.

You will be banished, each person headlong,

with no one to gather up the fugitives.