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 exalted himself against Adonai. So Moab will wallow in his vomit and also become a laughingstock. 27After all, Israel is a laughingstock to you. Was he ever found among thieves, that whenever you speak of him, you should wag the head? Inhabitants of Moab, leave the towns and dwell in crags— like a dove nesting in a cave’s mouth. 29We have heard of the pride of Moab —very proud he is—his haughtiness, his arrogance, his insolence, and his self-exalted heart. 30I know his arrogance,” says Adonai, “but it is dishonest— his boasts really 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 48:9Give wings to Moab, for she must fly and get away. Her cities will become a wasteland, with no one living in them.
• Judges 6:2Midian maintained an upper hand over Israel, and because of Midian Bnei-Yisrael made themselves hideouts in the mountains—caves and strongholds.
• 1 Samuel 13:6When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble, because the people were hard-pressed, they hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, crevices and pits.
• Isaiah 2:19People will go into the caves of the rocks and into the holes of the earth, because of the fear of Adonai and the splendor of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth.
• Obadiah 1:3The arrogance of your heart has deceived you— living in the clefts of the rock—his dwelling place is lofty, saying in his heart: ‘Who shall bring me down to the earth?’
• Jeremiah 49:16Your terrorism has deceived you, so that your heart is arrogant. 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.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Psalms 55:6Fear and trembling come upon me and horror has overwhelmed me.

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