Jeremiah 48:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

Jeremiah 48:9 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

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Isaiah 16:2
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
Psalms 11:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
Jeremiah 48:28
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.
Revelation 12:14
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Psalms 55:6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-13)

We may observe in these verses, I. The author of Moab’s destruction; it is the Lord of hosts, that has armies, all armies, at his command, and the God of Israel (Jer. 48:1), who will herein plead the cause of his Israel against a people that have always been vexatious to them, and will punish them now for the injuries done to Israel of old, though Israel was forbidden to meddle with them (Deut. 2:…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. 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.