Study it in the app“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is devastated! Cry out, daughters of Rabbah! Gird on sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro among the enclosures; for their king will go into exile, his priests and his princes together.”
Wail,הֵילִילִיHeshbon,חֶשְׁבּוֹןforכִּיAiעַיis devastated!שֻׁדְּדָהCry out,צְעַקְנָהdaughtersבְּנוֹתof Rabbah!רַבָּהGird onחֲגֹרְנָהsackcloth,שַׂקִּיםlament,סְפֹדְנָהand run to and froוְהִתְשׁוֹטַטְנָהamong the enclosures;בַּגְּדֵרוֹתforכִּיtheir kingמַלְכָּםwill goיֵלֵךְinto exile,בַּגּוֹלָהhis priestsכֹּהֲנָיוand his princesוְשָׂרָיוtogether.יַחְדָּיו
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “helili” appearsHeshbon
Heshbon, a city east of the Jordan, the capital of King Sihon.
Where else “cheshbon” appearsdevastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shudda” appearscry out
To shout for help or justice.
Where else “tseakna” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appearsRabbah
Rabbah, the capital of the sons of Ammon; also a town in Judah. The name means "great."
Where else “raba” appearsgird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “chagorna” appearssackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sakim” appearsmourn, lament
Mourn, lament: wail over the dead with the customary signs of grief, such as beating the breast.
Where else “sefodna” appearsroam
To go back and forth over a place, looking it over or searching for something.
Where else “hitshotatna” appearswall
A stone wall that encloses and protects a place.
Where else “gederot” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malka” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsexile, exiles
Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).
Where else “gola” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanay” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “saray” appearstogether
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdayv” appearsAi ?
Today: possibly et-Tell or Khirbet el-Maqatir, West Bank
A city east of Bethel; its exact site is not certain.
Israel was defeated there because of Achan's sin (Josh 7:2-5), and later God gave them the victory (Josh 8:1).
2Therefore, look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will make heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon the shout of war; and it will become a mound of desolation, and her daughters will be burned with fire; and Israel will possess those who possessed him, says YHWH.
3 · This verse (above)
4Why do you boast of the valleys? Your valley is flowing away, wayward daughter, who trusts in her treasures: “Who will come against me?”
