Jeremiah 49:1-3

Easy-to-Read Version

“Ammonites, do you think that
    the people of Israel don’t have children?
Do you think there are no children
    to take the land when the parents die?
Maybe that is why Milcom took Gad’s^[a] land?”

² The Lord says, “The time will come in Rabbah of Ammon^[b]
    when people hear the sounds of battle.
Rabbah of Ammon will be destroyed.
    It will be an empty hill covered with ruined buildings,
    and the towns around it will be burned.
Those people forced the people of Israel to leave their own land.
    But later, Israel will force them to leave.”
This is what the Lord said.

³ “People in Heshbon, cry because the town of Ai is destroyed!
    Women in Rabbah of Ammon, cry!
Put on sackcloth and cry.
    Run to the city for safety,
because the enemy will take away the god Milcom,
    with his priests and officials.