3 “Wail, O ^aHeshbon, for¹ Ai is plundered!
Cry, you daughters of Rabbah,
^bGird yourselves with sackcloth!
Lament and run to and fro by the walls;
For Milcom shall go into captivity
With his ^cpriests and his princes together. ‡

4 Why ^ado you boast in the valleys,
¹Your flowing valley, O ^bbacksliding daughter?
Who trusted in her ^ctreasures, ^dsaying,
‘Who will come against me?’ ‡

6 But ^aafterward I will bring back
The captives of the people of Ammon,” says the Lord.  ‡

7 ^aAgainst Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts:
^b“Is wisdom no more in Teman?
^cHas counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom ^dvanished? ‡