Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Howl, O Hesebon, for Hai is wasted. Cry, ye daughters of Rabbath, gird yourselves with haircloth: mourn and go about by the hedges: for Melchom shall be carried into captivity, his priests, and his princes together. Howl Jeremiah 48:20 Moab is confounded, because he is overthrown: howl ye, and cry, tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is wasted. Jeremiah 51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed. Isaiah 13:6 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord. Isaiah 14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city: all Philistia is thrown down: for a smoke shall come from the north, and there is none that shall escape his troop. Isaiah 15:2 The house is gone up, and Dibon to the high places to mourn over Nabo, and over Medaba, Moab hath howled: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shall be shaven. Isaiah 16:7 Therefore shall Moab howl to Moab, every one shall howl: to them that rejoice upon the brick walls, tell ye their stripes. Isaiah 23:1,6 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them. . . . James 5:1 Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you. gird Jeremiah 4:8 For this gird yourselves with haircloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned away from us. Jeremiah 6:26 Gird thee with sackcloth, O daughter of my people, and sprinkle thee with ashes: make thee mourning as for an only son, a bitter lamentation, because the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us. Jeremiah 48:37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard shall be shaven: all hands shall be tied together, and upon every back there shall be haircloth. Isaiah 32:11,12 Be astonished, ye rich women, be troubled, ye confident ones: strip you, and be confounded, gird your loins. . . . run Job 30:3-7 Barren with want and hunger, who gnawed in the wilderness, disfigured with calamity and misery. . . . Isaiah 15:2 The house is gone up, and Dibon to the high places to mourn over Nabo, and over Medaba, Moab hath howled: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shall be shaven. their king. Jeremiah 49:1 Against the children of Ammon. Thus saith the Lord: Hath Israel no sons? or hath he no heir? Why then hath Melchom inherited Gad: and his people dwelt in his cities? 1 Kings 11:5,33 But Solomon worshipped Astarthe, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch, the idol of the Ammonites. . . . Milcom Zephaniah 1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the tops of houses, and them that adore, and swear by the Lord, and swear by Melchom. Malcham Jeremiah 46:25 The Lord of hosts the God of Israel hath said: Behold I will visit upon the tumult of Alexandria, and upon Pharao, and upon Egypt, and upon her gods, and upon her kings, and upon Pharao, and upon them that trust in him. Jeremiah 48:7 For because thou hast trusted in thy bulwarks, and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chamos shall go into captivity, his priests, and his princes together. Amos 1:15 And Melchom shall go into captivity, both he, and his princes together, saith the Lord. Context The Judgment on the Ammonites…2Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will cause the noise of war to be heard in Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and it shall be destroyed into a heap, and her daughters shall be burnt with fire, and Israel shall possess them that have possessed him, saith the Lord. 3Howl, O Hesebon, for Hai is wasted. Cry, ye daughters of Rabbath, gird yourselves with haircloth: mourn and go about by the hedges: for Melchom shall be carried into captivity, his priests, and his princes together.4Why gloriest thou in the valleys? thy valley hath flowed away, O delicate daughter, that hast trusted in thy treasures, and hast said: Who shall come to me?… Cross References Joshua 7:2 And when Joshua sent men from Jericho against Hai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of the town of Bethel, he said to them: Go up, and view the country: and they fulfilled his command, and viewed Hai. Joshua 8:1 And the Lord said to Joshua: Fear not, nor be thou dismayed: take with thee all the multitude of fighting men, arise, and go up to the town of Hai: Behold I have delivered into thy hand the king thereof, and the people, and the city, and the land. 2 Samuel 11:1 And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth to war, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they spoiled the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabba: but David remained in Jerusalem. Ezra 2:28 The men of Bethel and Hai, two hundred twenty-three. Isaiah 32:11 Be astonished, ye rich women, be troubled, ye confident ones: strip you, and be confounded, gird your loins. Jeremiah 46:25 The Lord of hosts the God of Israel hath said: Behold I will visit upon the tumult of Alexandria, and upon Pharao, and upon Egypt, and upon her gods, and upon her kings, and upon Pharao, and upon them that trust in him. Jeremiah 48:2 There is no more rejoicing in Moab over Hesebon: they have devised evil. Come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Therefore shalt thou in silence hold thy peace, and the sword shall follow thee. Jeremiah 48:7 For because thou hast trusted in thy bulwarks, and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chamos shall go into captivity, his priests, and his princes together. Jeremiah 48:37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard shall be shaven: all hands shall be tied together, and upon every back there shall be haircloth. Amos 1:15 And Melchom shall go into captivity, both he, and his princes together, saith the Lord. Lexicon Wail,הֵילִ֨ילִי (hê·lî·lî) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3213: To howl, make a howling O Heshbon, חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן (ḥeš·bō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2809: Heshbon -- a place East of the Jordan for כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction Ai עַ֗י (‘ay) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5857: Ai -- a Canaanite city has been destroyed; שֻׁדְּדָה־ (šud·də·ḏāh-) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7703: To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin cry out, צְעַקְנָה֮ (ṣə·‘aq·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 6817: To shriek, to proclaim O daughters בְּנ֣וֹת (bə·nō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter of Rabbah! רַבָּה֒ (rab·bāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7237: Rabbah -- two places in Israel Put on חֲגֹ֣רְנָה (ḥă·ḡō·rə·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 2296: To gird, gird on, gird oneself sackcloth שַׂקִּ֔ים (śaq·qîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag and mourn; סְפֹ֕דְנָה (sə·p̄ō·ḏə·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 5594: To tear the hair and beat the breasts, to lament, to wail run back and forth וְהִתְשׁוֹטַ֖טְנָה (wə·hiṯ·šō·w·ṭaṭ·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 7751: To push forth, to lash, to row, to travel within your walls, בַּגְּדֵר֑וֹת (bag·gə·ḏê·rō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 1448: Enclosure for כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction Molech מַלְכָּם֙ (mal·kām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king will go יֵלֵ֔ךְ (yê·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk into exile בַּגּוֹלָ֣ה (bag·gō·w·lāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1473: Exile, exiles together with יַחְדָּֽיו׃ (yaḥ·dāw) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3162: A unit, unitedly his priests כֹּהֲנָ֥יו (kō·hă·nāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest and officials. וְשָׂרָ֖יו (wə·śā·rāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince Additional Translations 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 Molech will go into exile together with his priests and officials.Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, you daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together. Howl, O Esebon, for Gai has perished; cry, ye daughters of Rabbath, gird yourselves with sack-clothes, and lament; for Melchol shall go into banishment, his priests and his princes together. Howl, Heshbon! for Ai is laid waste; cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth, lament and run to and fro within the enclosures: for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together. Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together. Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, you daughters of Rabbah, clothe yourself in sackcloth: lament, and run back and forth among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together. Howl, Heshbon, for spoiled is Ai, Cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird on sackcloth, Lament, and go to and fro by the hedges, For Malcam into captivity doth go, His priests and his princes together. 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