Jeremiah 48:40

Jeremiah 48:40 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thus saith the Lord; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
• New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord says: “Look! An eagle is swooping down, spreading its wings over Moab.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For thus says the Lord: "Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab;
• New King James Version (NKJV)For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one shall fly like an eagle, And spread his wings over Moab.

Context of Jeremiah 48:40

38On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD. 39“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.” For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab. 41Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor. 42Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.

Jeremiah 48:40 word by word

כִּי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנֵּ֥ה כַנֶּ֖שֶׁר יִדְאֶ֑ה וּפָרַ֥שׂ כְּנָפָ֖יו אֶל־מוֹאָֽב׃Read the interlinear

• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• this is whatכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• an eagleנֶשֶׁרnesher · eagleH5404
• swoops downדָּאָהdâ'âh · to flyH1675
• and spreadsפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• his wingsכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• againstאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:40

• Jeremiah 4:13Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
• Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
• Lamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
• Ezekiel 17:3and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
• Daniel 7:4The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man and given the mind of a man.
• Hosea 8:1Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
• Jeremiah 49:22Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
• Isaiah 8:8It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40He shall fly as an eagle - The enemy will pounce upon him, carry him off, and tear him to pieces.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40The rapid and irresistible attack of Nebuchadnezzar is compared to the impetuous dash of the eagle on its prey Deuteronomy 28:49.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-47Verses 14-47 . The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of God and of his wrath, than to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40The eagle symbolizes speed and surprise. It catches its prey and carries it away before the prey can react.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4040. he--Nebuzara-dan, the captain of Nebuchadnezzar. as ... eagle--not to bear them "on eagles' wings" (Ex 19:4; De 32:11, 12), as God does His people, but to pounce on them as a prey (Jr 49:22; De 28:49; Ha 1:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 48:40

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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