2 The Lord says,“The time will come when I will make Rabbah,the capital city of the Ammonites, hear the battle cry.It will become a hill covered with ruins,and the towns around it will be burned.Those people forced Israel out of that land,but now Israel will force them out!” says the Lord.
3 “People in the town of Heshbon, cry sadly because the town of Ai is destroyed!Those who live in Rabbah, cry out!Put on your rough cloth to show your sadness, and cry loudly.Run here and there for safety inside the walls,because Molech will be taken captiveand his priests and officers with him.
4 You brag about your valleysand about the fruit in your valleys.You are like an unfaithful childwho believes his treasures will save him.You think, ‘Who would attack me?’
5 I will soon bring terror on youfrom everyone around you,”says the Lord God All-Powerful.“You will all be forced to run away,and no one will be able to gather you.
6 “But the time will comewhen I will make good things happen to the Ammonites again,”says the Lord.
7 This message is to Edom. This is what the Lord All-Powerful says:“Is there no more wisdom in the town of Teman?Can the wise men of Edom no longer give good advice?Have they lost their wisdom?
8 You people living in the town of Dedan,run away and hide in deep caves,because I will bring disaster on the people of Esau.It is time for me to punish them.