Jeremiah 49:1–6

A Message Concerning Ammon

49Concerning the Ammonites:^a Thus says Yahweh,

“Are there no sons for Israel?

Or is there no heir for him?

Why has Milcom taken possession of Gad,

and his people dwelled in its towns?

²Therefore^b look, days are coming,” declares^c Yahweh,

“and I will sound against Rabbah, the Ammonites,^d

the alarm of the war,

and it will become as a mound of desolation,

and its daughters will burn in the fire.

Then Israel will dispossess his dispossessors,” says Yahweh.

³“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is devastated.

Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah, put on sackcloth.

Lament and run back and forth among the walls.

For Milcom will go into exile,

his priests and his officials together.

⁴Why do you boast in your valleys?

Your valleys^e are ebbing.

O unfaithful daughter, who trusted in her treasures,

who said, ‘Who will come against me?’

⁵Look, I am going to bring dread on you,”

declares^f Lord Yahweh of hosts,

“from all your surrounding neighbors.

And you will be scattered,

each one before it,^g

and there is no one who gathers the fugitives.^h

⁶Yet afterwardⁱ I will restore

the fortunes^j of the Ammonites,”^k declares^l Yahweh.