2 Because you did that, I, the Lord, affirm that a time is comingwhen I will make Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon,hear the sound of the battle cry.It will become a mound covered with ruins.Its villages will be burned to the ground.Then Israel will take back its land from those who took their land from them.I, the Lord, affirm it!
3 Wail, you people in Heshbon, because Ai in Ammon is destroyed.Cry out in anguish, you people in the villages surrounding Rabbah.Put on sackcloth and cry out in mourning.Run about covered with gashes.For your god Milcom will go into exilealong with his priests and officials.
4 Why do you brag about your great power?Your power is ebbing away, you rebellious people of Ammon,who trust in your riches and say,‘Who would dare to attack us?’
5 I will bring terror on you from every side,”says the Lord God who rules over all.“You will be scattered in every direction.No one will gather the fugitives back together.
6 Yet in days to come I will reverse Ammon’s ill fortune.”says the Lord.
7 The Lord who rules over all spoke about Edom.“Is wisdom no longer to be found in Teman?Can Edom’s counselors not give her any good advice?Has all of their wisdom turned bad?
8 Turn and flee! Take up refuge in remote places,you people who live in Dedan.For I will bring disaster on the descendants of Esau.I have decided it is time for me to punish them.