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“Make him drunk, for he has become arrogant toward the Lord; so Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock. 27Now was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Or was he caught among thieves? For each time you speak about him you shake your head in scorn. Leave the cities and dwell among the crags, O inhabitants of Moab, And be like a dove that nests Beyond the mouth of the chasm. 29We have heard of the pride of Moab--he is very proud-- Of his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance and his self-exaltation. 30I know his fury,” declares the Lord, “But it is futile; His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.

Jeremiah 48:28 word by word

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

• Leaveעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and dwellשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• cragsסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553
• O inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• doveיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• that nestsקִנֵּןqânan · to make a nestH7077
• Beyondעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · side: besideH5676
• the mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• of the chasmפַּ֫חַתpachath · pitH6354

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:28

• Jeremiah 48:9Give wings to Moab, For she will flee away; And her cities will become a desolation, Without inhabitants in them.
• Judges 6:2The power of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens which were in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds.
• 1 Samuel 13:6When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were hard-pressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits.
• Isaiah 2:19Men will go into caves of the rocks And into holes of the ground Before the terror of the Lord And the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to make the earth tremble.
• Obadiah 1:3The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of the rock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, Who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to earth?’
• Jeremiah 49:16As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the rock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s, I will bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.
• Psalms 55:6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.

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