Jeremiah 48:9

Jeremiah 48:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
• New International Version (NIV)Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her towns will become desolate, with no one to live in them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away; her cities shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Give wings to Moab, That she may flee and get away; For her cities shall be desolate, Without any to dwell in them.

Context of Jeremiah 48:9

7For because you have trusted in your works [your hand-made idols] and in your treasures [instead of in God], Even you yourself will be captured; And Chemosh [your disgusting god cannot rescue you, but] will go away into exile [along with the fugitives] Together with his priests and his princes. 8And the destroyer will come upon every city; No city will escape. The [Jordan] valley also will be ruined And the plain will be devastated, As the Lord has said. Give a gravestone to Moab, For she will fall into ruins; Her cities (pastures, farms) will be desolate, Without anyone to live in them. 10Cursed is the one who does the work of the Lord negligently, And cursed is the one who restrains his sword from blood [in executing the judgment of the Lord]. 11“Moab has been at ease from his youth; He has also been undisturbed, and settled like wine on his dregs, And he has not been emptied from one vessel to another, Nor has he gone into exile. Therefore his flavor remains in him, And his scent has not changed.

Jeremiah 48:9 word by word

תְּנוּ־צִ֣יץ לְמוֹאָ֔ב כִּ֥י נָצֹ֖א תֵּצֵ֑א וְעָרֶ֙יהָ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ינָה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בָּהֵֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• wingsצִיץtsîyts tsits · featherH6731
• unto Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• that it may fleeנָצָאnâtsâ' · to fleeH5323
• and get awayיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• for the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• thereof shall be desolateשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: destroyedH8047
• without any to dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• thereinהֵןhên · they(fem.)H2004

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:9

• Jeremiah 48:28You inhabitants of Moab, Leave the cities and live among the rocks, And be like the dove that makes her nest In the walls of the yawning ravine.
• Psalms 11:1In the Lord I take refuge [and put my trust]; How can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to your mountain;
• Psalms 55:6And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
• Isaiah 16:2For like wandering birds or scattered nestlings, The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the [river] Arnon.
• Revelation 12:14But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time (three and one-half years), away from the presence of the serpent (Satan).
• Jeremiah 46:19O you daughter who dwells in Egypt and you who dwell with her, Prepare yourselves [with all you will need] to go into exile, For Memphis will become desolate; It will even be burned down and without inhabitant.
• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, The God of Israel, “Moab will in fact become like Sodom And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, A land possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them And what is left of My nation will inherit them [as their own].”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Give wings unto Moab - There is no hope in resistance, and to escape requires the speediest flight. I cannot conceive how Dahler came to translate thus: Tirez Moab par les chevaux, "Drag Moab away by the hair of the head."Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10The Lord ordered the destruction of all the towns in Moab. He instructed his agents to carry out his command faithfully.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Give wings, &c.--(Psa 55:6). Unless it get wings, it cannot escape the foe. "Wings," the Hebrew root meaning is a "flower" (Job 14:2); so the flower-like plumage of a bird.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Horn
• Plant
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings