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Jeremiah 49:3
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed;
from Judgment on the Ammonites, Jeremiah 49:1-6
What it says

Heshbon and the daughters of Rabbah are told to wail, mourn, and run among the walls as Milcom goes into exile.

What it is doing

This verse turns Ammon's civic and cultic center into a scene of grief.

In context

1Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: 2Therefore, behold, the days are coming, 3Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; 4Why do you boast of your valleys— 5Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, 6Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity, ”