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

7Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials. 8The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said. Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them. 10Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed. 11Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.

Jeremiah 48:9 word by word

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

• Putנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• saltצִיץtsîyts tsits · featherH6731
• on Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• she will be laid wasteנָצָאnâtsâ' · to fleeH5323
• she will be laid wasteיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• her citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• will becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• desolateשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: destroyedH8047
• with no oneאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• to dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:9

• Jeremiah 48:28Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
• Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
• Psalms 55:6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
• Isaiah 16:2Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
• Revelation 12:14But 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.
• Jeremiah 46:19Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, 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.”

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