Jeremiah 49:3 “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Ra…”

Jeremiah 49:3

Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah! Clothe yourself in sackcloth. Lament, and run back and forth among the fences; for Malcam will go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

American Standard Version

Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

Geneva Bible 1599

Howle, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted: crie ye daughters of Rabbah: girde you with sackecloth: mourne and runne to and from by the hedges: for their King shall goe into captiuitie; and his Priestes, and his princes likewise.

Darby Translation

Howl, Heshbon! for Ai is laid waste; cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth, lament and run to and fro within the enclosures: for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

Young's Literal Translation

Howl, Heshbon, for spoiled is Ai, Cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird on sackcloth, Lament, and go to and fro by the hedges, For Malcam into captivity doth go, His priests and his princes together.

Bible in Basic English

Make sounds of grief, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted; give loud cries, O daughters of Rabbah, and put haircloth round you: give yourselves to weeping, running here and there and wounding yourselves; for Milcom will be taken prisoner together with his rulers and his priests.

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Cross references

“Howl”

Isaiah 15:2 Jeremiah 48:20 Jeremiah 51:8 Isaiah 13:6 Isaiah 14:31 Isaiah 16:7

Isaiah 15:2 · BSB

Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

Jeremiah 48:20 · BSB

Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

Jeremiah 51:8 · BSB

Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

Isaiah 13:6 · BSB

Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 14:31 · BSB

Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

Isaiah 16:7 · BSB

Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.

“gird”

Jeremiah 48:37 Jeremiah 4:8 Jeremiah 6:26 Isaiah 32:11 Isaiah 32:12

Jeremiah 48:37 · BSB

For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.

Jeremiah 4:8 · BSB

So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

Jeremiah 6:26 · BSB

O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

Isaiah 32:11 · BSB

Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

Isaiah 32:12 · BSB

Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,

“run”

Job 30:3–7

Job 30:3–7 · BSB

Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.

“their king”

1 Kings 11:5 1 Kings 11:33 2 Kings 23:13 Jeremiah 49:1

1 Kings 11:5 · BSB

Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 11:33 · BSB

For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor k…

2 Kings 23:13 · BSB

The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of t…

Jeremiah 49:1 · BSB

Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?

“Milcom”

Zephaniah 1:5

Zephaniah 1:5 · BSB

those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,

“shall go”

Jeremiah 48:7 Jeremiah 46:25 Amos 1:15

Jeremiah 48:7 · BSB

Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.

Jeremiah 46:25 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.

Amos 1:15 · BSB

Their king will go into exile — he and his princes together,” says the LORD.

Also

Jeremiah 48:2 Joshua 8:28

Jeremiah 48:2 · BSB

There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.

Joshua 8:28 · BSB

So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.

4Why do you boast of your valleys— your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’

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