1. Concerning the Ammonites.Thus says the Lord:“Has Israel no sons?Has he no heir?Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad,and his people settled in its cities?
2. Therefore, behold, the days are coming,declares the Lord,when I will cause the battle cry to be heardagainst 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.
3. “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth,lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!For Milcom shall go into exile, with his priests and his officials.