Jeremiah 49:3
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
הֵילִילִיheililiwailH3213חֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbonO HeshbonH2809כִּיkiforH3588שֻׁדְּדָה־shudedah-it has been devastatedH7703עַי'aiAiH5857צְעַקְנָהtze'aknahcry outH6817בְּנוֹתbenotO daughters ofH1323רַבָּהrabahRabbahH7237חֲגֹרְנָהchagorenahgird yourselvesH2296שַׂקִּיםsakimsackcloth<s>H8242סְפֹדְנָהsefodenahmournH5594וְהִתְשׁוֹטַטְנָהvehitshotatnahand run to and froH7751בַּגְּדֵרוֹתbagederotamong the wallsH1448כִּיkiforH3588מַלְכָּםmalkamMilcomH4428בַּגּוֹלָהbagolahin <the> exileH1473יֵלֵךְyelekhhe will goH1980כֹּהֲנָיוkohanavpriests hisH3548וְשָׂרָיוvesaravand officials hisH8269יַחְדָּיו׃yachdavtogetherH3162
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 48:7For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.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 48:37For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
- Isaiah 15:2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.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.
- 1 Kings 11:33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.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 kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
- 2 Kings 23:13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.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 the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
- 1 Kings 11:5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
- Jeremiah 4:8For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
- Jeremiah 46:25The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: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 1:15And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the Lord.Their king will go into exile— he and his princes together,” says the LORD.
- Isaiah 32:11-1211 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. 12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.11 Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists. 12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
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People and places
Places: Ai (Jeremiah 49), Ammon, Heshbon, Rabbah