³ “Wail, O ^(A)Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
    Cry out, O daughters of ^(B)Rabbah!
^(C)Put on sackcloth,
    lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!
For ^(D)Milcom shall go into exile,
    ^(E)with his priests and his officials.

¹⁰ The elders of the daughter of Zion
    ^(A)sit on the ground ^(B)in silence;
^(C)they have thrown dust on their heads
    and ^(D)put on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
    have bowed their heads to the ground.

⁸ For this ^(A)put on sackcloth,
    lament and wail,
for ^(B)the fierce anger of the Lord
    has not turned back from us.”