Jeremiah 49:1-3

Expanded Bible

“Do you think that Israel has no children?
    Do you think there is no ·one to take the land when the parents die [^Lheir]?
If that were true, why did Molech [^Cthe chief god of Ammon] take Gad’s [^Ca tribe in the north of Israel] land
    and why did Molech’s people settle in Gad’s towns [^Ca bitter reference to the sacrifice of children to Molech]?”
² The Lord says,
“The ·time will come [^Ldays are coming] when I will make Rabbah
    of the Ammonites [^Cits capital], hear the battle cry.
It will become a ·hill covered with ruins [desolate ruin],
    and the ·towns [villages; ^Ldaughters] around it will be burned with fire.
Those people ·forced [dispossessed] Israel out of that land,
    but now Israel will ·force them out [dispossess them]!” says the Lord.
³ “People in the town of Heshbon, ·cry sadly [wail] because the town of Ai is destroyed!
    ·Those who live in [^LDaughters of] Rabbah, cry out!
Put on your ·rough cloth to show your sadness [sackcloth; burlap], and ·cry loudly [mourn; wail].
    Run here and there for safety inside the walls,
because Molech will be taken ·captive [into exile]
    and his priests and officers with him.