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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“You people of Moab, flee from your towns and live in the caves. Hide like doves that nest in the clefts of the rocks.

Context of Jeremiah 48:28

26“Make her drunk, for she has defied the Lord. Let Moab wallow in her vomit; let her be an object of ridicule. 27Was not Israel the object of your ridicule? Was she caught among thieves, that you shake your head in scorn whenever you speak of her? 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. 29“We have heard of Moab’s pride— how great is her arrogance!— of her insolence, her pride, her conceit and the haughtiness of her heart. 30I know her insolence but it is futile,” declares the Lord, “and her boasts accomplish nothing.

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 48:9Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her towns will become desolate, with no one to live in them.
• Judges 6:2Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds.
• 1 Samuel 13:6When the Israelites saw that their situation was critical and that their army was hard pressed, they hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in pits and cisterns.
• Isaiah 2:19People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from the fearful presence of the Lord and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
• Obadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
• Jeremiah 49:16The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks, who occupy the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle’s, from there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
• Psalms 55:6I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of 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