Jeremiah 48:28

Jeremiah 48:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O 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.
• New International Version (NIV)Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks, you who live in Moab. Be like a dove that makes its nest at the mouth of a cave.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You who dwell in Moab, Leave the cities and dwell in the rock, And be like the dove which makes her nest In the sides of the cave’s mouth.

Context of Jeremiah 48:28

26‘Moab has turned against me. So my anger will make him like a person who is drunk. He will lie down in the place where he has been sick. People will laugh at him. 27You people of Moab laughed at my people, the Israelites. Why did you insult them? You said that they were no better than a group of robbers. Now you must all leave your towns. Go and live among the rocks. Live like doves that make their nests high up among the rocks. 29We have heard that Moab's people are very proud. They think that they are better than everyone else. We know how much they boast.’ 30The Lord says, ‘I know about Moab's proud thoughts. But their pride is false. Whatever they do, it will be useless.

Jeremiah 48:28 word by word

עִזְב֤וּ עָרִים֙ וְשִׁכְנ֣וּ בַּסֶּ֔לַע יֹשְׁבֵ֖י מוֹאָ֑ב וִֽהְי֣וּ כְיוֹנָ֔ה תְּקַנֵּ֖ן בְּעֶבְרֵ֥י פִי־פָֽחַת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O ye that dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• leaveעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and dwellשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• in the rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553
• and be like the doveיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• maketh her nestקִנֵּןqânan · to make a nestH7077
• in the sidesעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · side: besideH5676
• of the hole’sפַּ֫חַתpachath · pitH6354
• mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:28

• Jeremiah 48:9Dig a grave to bury Moab! Its land will become like a desert. Its cities will become heaps of stones. Nobody will live in them.’
• Judges 6:2They used their power to be cruel to the Israelites. The Israelites built huts in the hills to live in. They hid themselves in caves and other safe places.
• 1 Samuel 13:6The Israelites realized that they would be in big trouble if the Philistines attacked them. Some of them went and hid in caves or among the bushes. Others hid among the rocks, in holes in the ground or in wells.
• Isaiah 2:19People will run away to the caves in the hills. They will try to hide in holes in the ground. They will try to escape from the great power of the Lord, when he comes to judge everyone. They will see that he rules with great authority. People will be very afraid when he comes to punish the people on earth.
• Obadiah 1:3You think that you are better than other people. And so you believe something that is not true. You live in a place that is difficult to reach. Your home is high up in a place among rocks. You say to yourself, “Nobody can reach us up here.”
• Jeremiah 49:16You are proud people. You boast that you cause other people to be afraid of you. But your thoughts have deceived you. You live high up among the rocks, and on the tops of mountains. But I will bring you down from there, even if you are as high as an eagle's nest.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Psalms 55:6So I say, ‘If I had wings to fly like a dove, I would fly away to a safe place.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Dwell in the rock - Go to the most inaccessible places in the mountains. The hole's mouth - And into the most secret eaves and holes of the earth.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28Dwell in the rock - See Jeremiah 4:29. The sole chance of escape is refuge in inaccessible fastnesses. In the sides … - On the further side “of the mouth of the pit.” The wild rock pigeon invariably selects deep ravines for its nesting and roosting.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. 1-47Moab, one of two nations descended from Abraham’s nephew Lot (Genesis 19:36–38), was the next nation judged in the Lord’s courtroom (compare Isaiah 15–16). Moab’s land was between the Arnon River and the Zered Brook, east of the Dead Sea. At that time, the Moabites felt confident because they were mostly safe from Babylonian military power. However, the Lord found the Moabites to be greedy and cruel, and their worship was violent and indulgent.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. Doves often have their nests in the "sides" of caverns. No longer shalt thou have cities to shelter thee: thou shalt have to flee for shelter to caves and deserts (Psa 55:6, 8; So 2:14).Read the comment

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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