3 Wail, Heshbon, “The ruin is destroyed!”shriek, villages of Rabbah!Put on sackcloth and lament!Run back and forth in the sheepfolds.For Milcom is going into exile,taking priest and prince with him.
4 Why boast in your strength,your ebbing strength, rebellious daughter?Why trust in your treasures, saying,“Who would dare attack me?”
5 See, I am bringing terror upon you—oracle of the Lord God of hosts—from all around you;You shall be scattered, each in headlong flight,with no one to gather the fugitives.
6 But afterward I will restore the fortunesof the Ammonites—oracle of the Lord.
7 Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts:Is there no more wisdom in Teman,has counsel perished from the prudent,is their wisdom gone?
8 Flee, retreat, hide deep for lodging,inhabitants of Dedan:For I bring disaster upon Esauwhen I come to punish them.
9 If vintagers came upon you,they would leave no gleanings;If thieves by night,they would destroy as they pleased.