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

7People of Moab, you trusted your riches and your skills to save you. Because of that, your enemies will catch you. They will even take your god Chemosh away as prisoner, together with his priests and officers. 8Your cruel enemy will attack every town. No town or city will escape. The enemy will destroy every place in the valley, and every place on the high ground. They will become heaps of stones. I, the Lord, tell you this! Dig a grave to bury Moab! Its land will become like a desert. Its cities will become heaps of stones. Nobody will live in them.’ 10The Lord will curse anyone who refuses to do his work! He will punish anyone who does not use his sword to kill his enemies! 11The Lord said, ‘Moab's people have lived in peace since they first became a nation. No enemy has taken them away to a foreign land as their prisoners. They have been like the wine in a bottle that nobody has moved. Nobody has poured it into another bottle, so its taste and smell have never changed. Moab has always been the same.

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 48:28Now you must all leave your towns. Go and live among the rocks. Live like doves that make their nests high up among the rocks.
• Psalms 11:1I have run to the Lord to keep me safe. So do not say this to me: ‘Fly away like a bird to the hills!
• Psalms 55:6So I say, ‘If I had wings to fly like a dove, I would fly away to a safe place.
• Isaiah 16:2Moab's women are standing at the shore of Arnon river. They want to go across. They are like birds that people have chased out of their nests.
• Revelation 12:14But the woman received the two wings of a very big eagle. Then she could fly to the place in the wilderness that God had prepared for her. In that place God would keep her safe from the big snake. God would take care of her there for a time, times and half a time.
• Jeremiah 46:19You dear people of Egypt, be ready to travel as prisoners to a foreign land! Your enemy will destroy Memphis city. It will become a heap of stones where nobody lives.
• Zephaniah 2:9The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says, ‘You can be sure that I live. In the same way, you can also be sure that my people will take everything for themselves. God will destroy Moab as he destroyed Sodom. He will destroy Ammon as he destroyed Gomorrah. After this, the ground will have lots of salt on it. Weeds will grow there. Nobody will build anything there again. My people who are still alive will take for themselves the Ammonites' things and the Moabites' things.’

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