Jeremiah 49:3-5
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry out, O daughters[a] of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth,
lament, and slash yourselves with whips![b]
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 God of hosts,
from all your neighbours,
and you will be scattered, each headlong,
with no one to gather the fugitives.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 49:3 Or villages
- Jeremiah 49:3 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
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