Jer 49:1-5, Eze 21:20, 25:2-7, Amo 1:13-15, Zep 2:8-10 | ESV | STEP | Concerning the Ammonites . Thus says the Lord : Has Israel no sons ? Has he no heir ? Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad , and his people settled in its cities ?

1 ^aConcerning the Ammonites.

Thus says the Lord:

“Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then has ^bMilcom ^cdispossessed Gad,
and his people settled in its cities?
2 Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
declares the Lord,
when I will cause ^dthe battle cry to be heard
against ^eRabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate ^fmound,
and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
says the Lord.
3 “Wail, O ^gHeshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry out, O daughters of ^hRabbah!
ⁱPut on sackcloth,
lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!
For ^jMilcom shall go into exile,
^kwith his priests and his officials.
4 Why do you boast of your valleys, ^{▼▼Hebrew boast of your valleys, your valley flows}
^mO faithless daughter,
ⁿwho trusted in her treasures, saying,
‘Who will come against me?’
5 Behold, ^oI will bring terror upon you,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
from all who are around you,
and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him,
with none to gather the fugitives.

Ezekiel 21:20

20 Mark a way ^pfor the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah, into Jerusalem the fortified.

Ezekiel 25:2-7

2 ^q“Son of man, ^rset your face toward ^sthe Ammonites and prophesy against them. 3 Say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God: ^tThus says the Lord God, Because you said, ^u‘Aha!’ over my ^vsanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when they went into exile, 4 therefore behold, I am handing you over to ^wthe people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. 5 I will make ^xRabbah a ^ypasture for camels and Ammon ^{▼▼Hebrew and the Ammonites} ^aaa fold for flocks. ^abThen you will know that I am the Lord. 6 For thus says the Lord God: Because ^acyou have clapped your hands ^adand stamped your feet and ^aerejoiced with all the ^afmalice within your soul against the land of Israel, 7 therefore, behold, ^agI have stretched out my hand against you, and ^ahwill hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Amos 1:13-15

13 Thus says the Lord:

^ai“For three transgressions of the ^ajAmmonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^akthey have ripped open pregnant women in ^alGilead,
that they might enlarge their border.
14 So I will kindle a fire in the wall of ^amRabbah,
^anand it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
^aowith a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
15 and ^aptheir king shall go into exile,
he and his princes ^{▼▼Or officials} together,”

says the Lord.

Zephaniah 2:8-10

8 “I have heard ^arthe taunts of Moab
and ^asthe revilings of the Ammonites,
how they have taunted my people
and made boasts ^atagainst their territory.
9 Therefore, ^auas I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel,
“Moab shall become ^avlike Sodom,
and the Ammonites ^awlike Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
10 This shall be their lot in return ^axfor their pride,
because they taunted and boasted
against the people of the Lord of hosts.