Jeremiah 49:3

“Howl in lament, Heshbon, for Ai will be devastated! Shout out, daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth. 1 Lament and run about in futility, for Molech is going into captivity, 1 together with his priests and leaders. 1

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In The King James Version

Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

In Context

2So look, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will sound the signal for battle 1 against Rabbah among the people of Ammon, so it will become a deserted heap and its villages will be set on fire. 1 For Israel will possess those who possessed him,” says Yahweh. 1

4Why do you brag about your valleys, your valleys that are so fruitful, faithless daughter? 1 you who trust in your wealth and say, 'Who will come against me?' 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 11:5For Solomon followed Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and he followed Molech, the disgusting idol of the Ammonites.

2 Kings 23:13The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the mount of corruption that Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the detestable idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab; and for Molech, the detestable idol of the people of Ammon.

Isaiah 13:6Howl, for the day of Yahweh is near; it comes with destruction from the Almighty. 1

Isaiah 15:2They have gone up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the heights to weep; 1 Moab laments over Nebo and over Medeba. 1 All their heads are shaved bare and all their beards are cut off. 1

Isaiah 23:1A declaration about Tyre: 1 Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for there is neither home nor harbor; 1 from the land of Cyprus it has been revealed to them. + 23:1 Instead of Cyprus , some modern versions keep Kittim , the Hebrew name for this island. 1

Isaiah 32:11Tremble, you women who are at ease; be troubled, you confident ones; 1 take off your fine clothes and make yourselves bare; put on sackcloth around your waists. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:2-7

The Judgment of Ammonites. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord ; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord . 3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled:… Read the whole commentary →

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