Jeremiah 49:1–6

A Prophecy against Ammon—Obadiah 1–5

¹This is what the Lord says about the people of Ammon: 

Doesn’t Israel have any children? Doesn’t it have any heirs? 

Why, then, has the god Milcom^ataken over the inheritance 

of Gad’s descendants? 

Why do Milcom’s people live in Gad’s cities? 

²That is why the days are coming, declares the Lord, 

when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah, 

where the people of Ammon live. 

It will become a pile of rubble. 

Its villages will be burned down. 

Then Israel will take possession of its inheritance, says the Lord. 

³Cry loudly, Heshbon, because Ai is destroyed. 

Cry, people of Rabbah, put on your sackcloth, and mourn. 

Run back and forth between the walls. 

Milcom will be taken away into captivity 

with its priests and officials. 

⁴Why do you brag about your valleys, 

your fertile valleys, you unfaithful people? 

You trust your treasures. 

You think, “Who would attack me?” 

⁵I am going to bring terror on you from all around, 

declares the Almighty Lord of Armies. 

Everyone will be scattered. 

No one will gather the refugees. 

⁶But afterward, I will return the captives of Ammon, declares the Lord.