3 Weep, you people of Heshbon;Ai has been destroyed.Wail, you daughters of Rabbah;put on funeral clothing,cry your eyes out,run for shelter.Milcom will surely go into exile,together with his priests and ministers.
4 Why do you brag about your strength?Your strength is exhausted,you rebellious daughter.You trust in your treasures,never imagining who would attack you.
5 I’m the one who will terrify you from every side,declares the Lord of heavenly forces.Every one of you will be scattered about;no one will gather those who fled.
6 Afterward, though, I will bring backthe Ammonites from captivity,declares the Lord.
7 Concerning Edom, the Lord of heavenly forces proclaims:Is wisdom no longer in Teman?Has good sense vanished from the perceptive?Are they no longer wise?
8 Turn, flee, and run for cover,you inhabitants of Dedan.I’m bringing disaster on Esau:its day of reckoning.
9 If workers would come to you to pick grapes,they would at least leave a few on the vine.If thieves would come in the night,they would take only what they needed.