Jeremiah 48:9
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Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
In other translations
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
Hebrew words
תְּנוּ־tenu-giveH5414צִיץtzitzsaltH6731לְמוֹאָבlemo'avto MoabH4124כִּיkiforH3588נָצֹאnatzo'[surely] flyingH5323תֵּצֵאtetze'it will go outH3318וְעָרֶיהָve'areihaand cities itsH5892לְשַׁמָּהleshamah<into> a wasteH8047תִהְיֶינָהtihyeinahthey will becomeH1961מֵאֵיןme'einfrom notH369יוֹשֵׁבyoshevinhabitantH3427בָּהֵן׃bahenin <the> them
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 48:28O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
- Psalm 11:1In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
- Isaiah 16:2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
- Psalm 55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
- Zephaniah 2:9Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
- Jeremiah 46:19O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
- Revelation 12:14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
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People and places
Places: Moab