Judgment on Ammon
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a Concerning the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord:
"Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then has b Milcom c dispossessed Gad,
and his people settled in its cities?
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Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
declares the Lord,
when I will cause d the battle cry to be heard
against e Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate f mound,
and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
says the Lord.
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"Wail, O g Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry out, O daughters of e Rabbah!
h Put on sackcloth,
lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!
For i Milcom shall go into exile,
j with his priests and his officials.
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Why do you boast of your valleys,
k O faithless daughter,
l who trusted in her treasures, saying,
'Who will come against me?'
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Behold, m I will bring terror upon you,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
from all who are around you,
and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him,
with none to gather the fugitives.
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"But n afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, declares the Lord."
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Cross References
Jeremiah 25:21
Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon.
Ezekiel 21:28
And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter. It is polished to consume and to flash like lightning -
Ezekiel 25:2
Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
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Cross References
1 Kings 11:5
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
1 Kings 11:33
Because they have forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.
2 Kings 23:13
And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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Cross References
Amos 1:13
Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 21:20
Mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah, into Jerusalem the fortified.
Ezekiel 25:5
I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a fold for flocks. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Amos 1:14
So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour her strongholds, with shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 30:18
Thus says the Lord : Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob and have compassion on his dwellings; the city shall be rebuilt on its mound, and the palace shall stand where it used to be.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 48:2
The renown of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they planned disaster against her: 'Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!' You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 49:2
Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will cause the battle cry to be heard against Rabbah of the Ammonites; it shall become a desolate mound, and its villages shall be burned with fire; then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him, says the Lord.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 48:37
For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
Jeremiah 4:8
For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.
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Cross References
1 Kings 11:5
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
1 Kings 11:33
Because they have forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.
2 Kings 23:13
And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 48:7
For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be taken; and Chemosh shall go into exile with his priests and his officials.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 3:14
Return, O faithless children, declares the Lord ; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 48:7
For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be taken; and Chemosh shall go into exile with his priests and his officials.
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Jeremiah 48:43
Terror, pit, and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab! declares the Lord.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 49:39
"But in the latter days I will restore the fortunes of Elam, declares the Lord."
Jeremiah 48:47
Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, declares the Lord." Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
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