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 housetops of Moab and in its public squares there is mourning everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel,” declares the Lord. 39“How shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back--he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him.” For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab. 41Kerioth has been captured And the strongholds have been seized, So the hearts of the warriors of Moab on that day Will be like the heart of a woman in labor. 42Moab will be destroyed from being a people Because he has become arrogant toward the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:40 word by word

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

• For thisכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• flyדָּאָהdâ'âh · to flyH1675
• like an eagleנֶשֶׁרnesher · eagleH5404
• spreadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• his wingsכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• againstאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:40

• Jeremiah 4:13“Behold, he goes up like clouds, And his chariots like the whirlwind; His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!”
• Deuteronomy 28:49“The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down; a nation whose language you will not understand,
• Lamentations 4:19Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
• Ezekiel 17:3saying, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “A great eagle with great wings, long pinions, and a full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
• Daniel 7:4The first was like a lion but had the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and set up on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it.
• Hosea 8:1Put the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the Lord, Because they have violated My covenant And rebelled against My Law.
• Jeremiah 49:22Behold, He will mount up and swoop like an eagle, and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the hearts of the warriors of Edom on that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
• Isaiah 8:8Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through, It will reach as far as the neck; And the spread of its wings will fill the expanse of your land, 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