3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
Jeremiah 49:3
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Jeremiah 48:19–21
19 Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’ 20 Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. 21 Judgment has come upon the high plai…
Jeremiah 48:38–40
38 On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD. 39 “How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule a…
Numbers 21:28–30
28 For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights. 29 Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king…
Isaiah 15:3–5
3 In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. 4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within. 5 My heart…
Jeremiah 48:30–32
30 I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds. 31 Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres. 32 I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for…
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7 So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows. 8 For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim. 9 The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon— a lion upon…
2 Esdras 16:1–3
1 Woe to you, Babylon, and Asia! Woe to you, Egypt and Syria! (WEB) 2 Put on sackcloth and garments of goats’ hair, wail for your children and lament; for your destruction is at hand. (WEB) 3 A sword has been sent upon you, and who is there to turn it back? (WEB)
Jeremiah 48:45–47
45 “Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult. 46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for…
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