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Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, you daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run back and forth among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
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The Captivity of a False God
Multiple commentators highlight that 'their king' (Malcam or Milcom) refers to the chief idol of the Ammonites. The prophecy that this god, along with its priests and princes, would 'go into captivity' was a powerful theological statement. It demonstrated the complete powerlessness of idols and the ultimate sovereignty of the God of Israel, whose judgment no false deity could withstand.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ai - Not the town on the west of the Jordan (Joshua 7:2); a place not mentioned elsewhere. For Ai some read Ar.
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19th Century
Anglican
Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled. —Heshbon has appeared in Jeremiah 48:2; Jeremiah 48:45, as connected with …
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet now triumphs, as it were, over the land of Ammon, and according to his accustomed manner, as we have seen before. For if the prophets h…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Howl, O Heshbon Which was a city of Moab, though it formerly belonged to the Amorites; see ([Reference Jeremiah 48:2…
