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

7For because of your trust in your works and your treasures, you will be captured, too. Chemosh will go into exile, together with his priests and princes. 8The destroyer will come to every town. No town will escape. The valley will perish and the plain will be destroyed, as Adonai has said. Give wings to Moab, for she must fly and get away. Her cities will become a wasteland, with no one living in them. 10Cursed is the one who does the work of Adonai with slackness, and cursed is the one who withholds his sword from blood. 11Moab has been at ease since his youth. He has settled like wine on its dregs. He has not been emptied from jar to jar, nor gone into exile. Therefore he retains his flavor, and his aroma has not changed.

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 48:28Inhabitants of Moab, leave the towns and dwell in crags— like a dove nesting in a cave’s mouth.
• Psalms 11:1For the music director, a psalm of David. In Adonai I have taken shelter. How can you say to my soul: “Fly like a bird to your mountain?
• Psalms 55:6Fear and trembling come upon me and horror has overwhelmed me.
• Isaiah 16:2For like fluttering birds, scattered from a nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.
• Revelation 12:14But the woman was given two wings of the great eagle, so that she might fly away from the presence of the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is taken care of—for a time, times, and half a time.
• Jeremiah 46:19O daughter dwelling in Egypt, get your bags ready for exile! For Noph will become a ruin laid waste, uninhabited.
• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as I live, declares Adonai-Tzva’ot God of Israel, Moab will be like Sodom and Ammon like Gomorrah— a possession of weeds and a salt pit, a perpetual wasteland. The remainder of My people will plunder them. The remnant of My nation will dispossess them.

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