1. Against the Ammonites.Thus says the Lord:“Has Israel no sons?Has he no heir?Why then does Milcom inherit Gad,And his people dwell in its cities?
2. Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,“That I will cause to be heard an alarm of warIn Rabbah of the Ammonites;It shall be a desolate mound,And her villages shall be burned with fire.Then Israel shall take possession of his inheritance,” says the Lord.
3. “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is plundered!Cry, you daughters of Rabbah,Gird yourselves with sackcloth!Lament and run to and fro by the walls;For Milcom shall go into captivityWith his priests and his princes together.
4. Why do you boast in the valleys,Your flowing valley, O backsliding daughter?Who trusted in her treasures, saying,‘Who will come against me?’
5. Behold, I will bring fear upon you,”Says the Lord God of hosts,“From all those who are around you;You shall be driven out, everyone headlong,And no one will gather those who wander off.
6. But afterward I will bring backThe captives of the people of Ammon,” says the Lord.
7. Against Edom.Thus says the Lord of hosts:“Is wisdom no more in Teman?Has counsel perished from the prudent?Has their wisdom vanished?
8. Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan!For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,The time that I will punish him.
9. If grape-gatherers came to you,Would they not leave some gleaning grapes?If thieves by night,Would they not destroy until they have enough?
10. But I have made Esau bare;I have uncovered his secret places,And he shall not be able to hide himself.His descendants are plundered,His brethren and his neighbors,And he is no more.