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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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֵילִ֨ילִיhei.Li.liwailH3213 →
חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹןchesh.BonO HeshbonH2809 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
שֻׁדְּדָה־shu.de.dah-it has been devastatedH7703 →
עַ֗י'AiAiH5857 →
צְעַקְנָה֮tze.'ak.Nahcry outH6817 →
בְּנ֣וֹתbe.NotO daughters ofH1323 →
רַבָּה֒ra.BahRabbahH7237 →
חֲגֹ֣רְנָהcha.Go.re.nahgird yourselvesH2296 →
שַׂקִּ֔יםsa.Kimsackcloth<s>H8242 →
סְפֹ֕דְנָהse.Fo.de.nahmournH5594 →
וְהִתְשׁוֹטַ֖טְנָהve.hit.sho.Tat.nahand run to and froH7751 →
בַּגְּדֵר֑וֹתba.ge.de.Rotamong the wallsH1448 →
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
מַלְכָּם֙mal.KamMilcomH4428 →
בַּגּוֹלָ֣הba.go.Lahin <the> exileH1473 →
יֵלֵ֔ךְye.Lekhhe will goH1980 →
כֹּהֲנָ֥יוko.ha.Navpriests hisH3548 →
וְשָׂרָ֖יוve.sa.Ravand officials hisH8269 →
יַחְדָּֽיו׃yach.DavtogetherH3162 →

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Jeremiah 48:7Because 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 is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.Isaiah 15:2Dibon 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 46:25The 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.2 Kings 23:13The 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 11:33For 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.Jeremiah 4:8So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”1 Kings 11:5Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.Amos 1:15Their king will go into exile—he and his princes together,” says the LORD.Jeremiah 6:26O 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.Jeremiah 49:1Concerning 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?Jeremiah 48:2There 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.Job 30:3–7Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.Jeremiah 51:8Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.Isaiah 23:6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!Zephaniah 1:5those 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,James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.Jeremiah 48:20Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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