Jeremiah 49:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Wail, Heshbon, “The ruin is destroyed!” shriek, villages of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and lament! Run back and forth in the sheepfolds. For Milcom is going into exile, taking priest and prince with him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:1

At the turn of the year, the time when kings go to war, David sent out Joab along with his officers and all Israel, and they laid waste the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. David himself remained in Jerusalem.

1 Kings 11:33

For they have forsaken me and have bowed down to Astarte, goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, god of Moab, and Milcom, god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in my ways or done what is right in my eyes, according to my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.

1 Kings 11:5

Solomon followed Astarte, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.

2 Kings 23:13

The king defiled the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of the Destroyer, which Solomon, king of Israel, had built in honor of Astarte, the Sidonian horror, of Chemosh, the Moabite horror, and of Milcom, the Ammonites’ abomination.

Ezra 2:28

people of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three;

Isaiah 13:6

Howl, for the day of the Lord is near; as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

Isaiah 14:31

Howl, O gate; cry out, O city! Philistia, all of you melts away! For there comes a smoke from the north, without a straggler in its ranks.

Isaiah 15:2

Daughter Dibon has gone up to the high places to weep; Over Nebo and over Medeba Moab is wailing. Every head is shaved, every beard sheared off.

Isaiah 16:7

Therefore let Moab wail, let everyone wail for Moab; For the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth let them sigh, stricken with grief.

Isaiah 23:1

Oracle on Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for your port is destroyed; From the land of the Kittim the news reaches them.

Isaiah 23:6

Pass over to Tarshish, wail, you who dwell on the coast!

Jeremiah 4:8

So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail: “The blazing anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.”

Jeremiah 46:25

The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, has said: See! I will punish Amon of Thebes and Egypt, gods, kings, Pharaoh, and those who trust in him.

Jeremiah 48:2

Moab’s glory is no more. In Heshbon they plot evil against her: “Come! We will put an end to her as a nation.” You, too, Madmen, shall be silenced; you the sword stalks!

Jeremiah 48:20

“Moab is put to shame, destroyed.” Wail and cry out, Proclaim it at the Arnon: “Moab is destroyed!”

Jeremiah 48:37

Every head has been shaved bald, every beard cut off; every hand gashed, and all their loins are draped in sackcloth.

Jeremiah 48:7

Because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be captured. Chemosh shall go into exile, his priests and princes with him.

Jeremiah 49:1

Concerning the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord: Has Israel no sons? none to inherit? Why has Milcom disinherited Gad, why are his people living in its cities?

Jeremiah 51:8

Babylon suddenly falls and is broken: wail over her! Bring balm for her wounds, in case she can be healed.

Jeremiah 6:26

Daughter of my people, dress in sackcloth, roll in the ashes. Mourn as for an only child with bitter wailing: “How suddenly the destroyer comes upon us!”

Amos 1:15

Their king shall go into exile, he and his princes with him, says the Lord.

Zephaniah 1:5

And those who bow down on the roofs to the host of heaven, And those who bow down to the Lord but swear by Milcom;

James 5:1

Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries.

Joshua 7:2

Joshua next sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven and east of Bethel, with the order, “Go up and reconnoiter the land.” When they had explored Ai,

Joshua 8:1

The Lord then said to Joshua: Do not be afraid or dismayed. Take all the army with you and prepare to attack Ai. I have delivered the king of Ai into your power, with his people, city, and land.

Joshua 8:28

Then Joshua destroyed Ai by fire, reducing it to an everlasting mound of ruins, as it remains today.