1
Concerning the Ammonites.
Thus says the
Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad,
and his people settled in its towns?
2
Therefore, the time is surely coming,
says the
when I will sound the battle alarm
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
3
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry out, O daughters 1 of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth,
lament, and slash yourselves with whips! 2
For Milcom shall go into exile,
with his priests and his attendants.
4
Why do you boast in your strength?
Your strength is ebbing,
O faithless daughter.
You trusted in your treasures, saying,
"Who will attack me?"
5
I am going to bring terror upon you,
says the Lord
from all your neighbors,
and you will be scattered, each headlong,
with no one to gather the fugitives.
6
But afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, says the