Why do you boast about your valleys,
your flowing valley,[a]
you faithless daughter—
you who trust in your treasures
and say, “Who can attack me?”
Look, I am about to bring terror on you(A)
this is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies—
from all those around you.
You will be banished, each person headlong,
with no one to gather up the fugitives.
But after that, I will restore the fortunes[b] of the Ammonites.(B)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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Footnotes

  1. 49:4 Or about your strength, your ebbing strength
  2. 49:6 Or will end the captivity, also in v. 39

Why do you boast of your valleys,
    boast of your valleys so fruitful?
Unfaithful Daughter Ammon,(A)
    you trust in your riches(B) and say,
    ‘Who will attack me?’(C)
I will bring terror on you
    from all those around you,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
“Every one of you will be driven away,
    and no one will gather the fugitives.(D)

“Yet afterward, I will restore(E) the fortunes of the Ammonites,”
declares the Lord.

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