3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai has been devastated!Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah,gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,and run to and fro inside the walls;for their king shall go into captivity,and his priests and his officials together.
4 Why do you glory in the valleys,your flowing valley,O backsliding daughterwho trusts in her treasures, saying,“Who shall come against me?”
5 I will bring a fear upon you,says the Lord God of Hosts,from all those who are around you;and each of you will be driven out headlong,and no one will gather together the fugitives.
6 Yet afterward I will restore the fortunes of the sons of Ammon,says the Lord.
7 Concerning Edom.Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Is there no more wisdom in Teman?Has counsel perished from the prudent?Has their wisdom vanished?
8 Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths,O inhabitants of Dedan.For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,the time that I punish him.
9 If grape gatherers came to you,would they not leave some gleaning grapes?If thieves came by night,they would destroy until they had enough.