A message about Ammon

49 Concerning the Ammonites:

This is what the Lord says:

‘Has Israel no sons?
    Has Israel no heir?
Why then has Molek[a] taken possession of Gad?
    Why do his people live in its towns?
2 But the days are coming,’
    declares the Lord,
‘when I will sound the battle cry
    against Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it will become a mound of ruins,
    and its surrounding villages will be set on fire.
Then Israel will drive out
    those who drove her out,’
says the Lord.
3 ‘Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed!
    Cry out, you inhabitants of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth and mourn;
    rush here and there inside the walls,
for Molek will go into exile,
    together with his priests and officials.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:1 Or their king; also in verse 3