Jeremiah 49:1-3

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Has Israel no sons?
    Has he no heir?
Why then has Milcom^[a] dispossessed Gad
    and his people settled in its towns?^(A)
2 Therefore, the time is surely coming,
    says the Lord,
when I will sound the battle alarm
    against Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate mound,
    and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
    says the Lord.^(B)

³ Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
    Cry out, O daughters^[b] of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth,
    lament, and slash yourselves with whips!^[c]
For Milcom^[d] shall go into exile,
    with his priests and his attendants.^(C)