Jeremiah 49:3
Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: 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.
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 49:1, the oracle against Ammon begins with Milcom's dispossession of Gad—here the judgment culminates with Milcom's captivity.
In Jeremiah 51:8, the identical call to wail over Babylon's sudden fall mirrors this judgment lament against Ammon.
In Jeremiah 48:7, the same judgment formula applies to Moab: trusted in treasures, god captured with priests and princes — mirroring Ammon's fate.
In Jeremiah 46:25, God judges Egypt's god Amon—a parallel judgment on a national deity, as Milcom is taken captive here.
In 1 Kings 11:33, Milcom is listed among the gods worshiped by Solomon—the idol whose judgment is prophesied here.
In 2 Kings 23:13, Josiah destroys the high places of Milcom—the same Ammonite god whose captivity is proclaimed here.
In 1 Kings 11:5, Milcom is identified as the abomination of the Ammonites—the same god whose captivity is announced here.
In Zephaniah 1:5, Milcom is condemned among Judah's idols—parallel judgment as here the god himself is taken captive.
Amos 1:15 also predicts Ammon's king going into captivity — reinforcing the same judgment from a different prophet.
In James 5:1, the rich are told to weep over coming miseries—a NT parallel to this OT call to lament impending judgment.
In Isaiah 13:6, the wailing over the day of the LORD's judgment on Babylon echoes this same lament for Ammon's destruction.
1 Chronicles 20:1 recounts David's conquest of Rabbah — a past judgment that foreshadows the coming destruction in Jeremiah's prophecy.
In Isaiah 23:6, the call for ships of Tarshish to wail over Tyre's fall echoes the same cry as here for Ammon.
In Isaiah 23:1, the wail over Tyre's devastation parallels this same lament for Ammon—both are oracles against nations.
In Isaiah 16:7, Moab is again called to wail—this repeated oracle pattern parallels the judgment cry on Ammon.
In Isaiah 15:2, Moab's wailing over its devastation echoes the same kind of lament as here over Ammon.
In Isaiah 14:31, the wail for Philistia's destruction parallels this cry over Ammon—both are calls to lament national judgment.