Jeremiah 48:9

Jeremiah chapter 48 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

Context

v.8And the destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken.

v.9This passage

v.10Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 55:6

    And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

  • Zephaniah 2:9

    Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.

  • Revelation 12:14

    And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

  • Psalms 11:1

    In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Fleeasa bird to your mountain;

  • Isaiah 16:2

    For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

  • Jeremiah 46:19

    O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.