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Jeremiah 48:9

wings The sense is that nothing short of wings would enable the Moabites to escape before their enemies.

that she may fly and get her away or as mg. for she must fly; but better (so Dr.) for she would fain fly away.

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See also Jeremiah 48:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 48:9. _GIVE 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 ch...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 48 Concerning Moab _ 1. The overthrow of Moab (Jeremiah 48:1) _ 2. The humiliation of Moab (Jeremiah 48:11) 3. Reaping what they sowed (Jeremiah 48:20) 4. Destroyed o

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 48. MOAB (the territory E. of the Dead Sea, from Wady Kerak in the S. to the neighbourhood of Heshbon in the N.). Many of the numerous places named in this prophecy will be found on G. A. Smi...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    IV. THE ORACLE AGAINST MOAB Jeremiah 48:1-47 The Moabites occupied the region east of the Dead Sea and for the most part south of the river Arnon. The Arnon flows through a steep, twisting gorge in th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. Urgent Exhortation Jeremiah 48:7-10 TRANSLATION (7) Surely because you trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also shall be captured. Chemosh shall go out into captivity, his priests and...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. GIVE WINES ... - (Psalms 55:6). Unless it gets wings, it cannot escape t...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AGAINST MOAB Moab, in recompense for its pride and security, and for its triumphing over Israel in the day of her calamity, shall itself be laid waste and taken captive: cp. the 'burden of Moab 'in I...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    GIVE WINGS UNTO MOAB... — “No other prayer,” the prophet seems to say, in grave, stern irony, “is left but this. Resistance is hopeless. There is nothing left but to wish for the wings of a bird that...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    תְּנוּ ־צִ֣יץ לְ מֹואָ֔ב כִּ֥י נָצֹ֖א תֵּצֵ֑א

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XIX MOAB Jeremiah 48:1 "Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah."- Jeremiah 48:42 "Chemosh said to me, Go, take Nebo against Israeland...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The word of the Lord concerning Moab is a judgment, which nevertheless closes with a gleam of hope. The judgment is described, first, from the standpoint of the scourge. The widespread extent of it is...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Flower: an usual ceremony at funerals. (Cornelius a Lapide) (Menochius) --- Manibus date lilia plenis. (Virgil, \'c6neid vi.) --- Hebrew, "wings." Protestants, "signs." Septuagint, (Haydock) "that th...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Prophet Jeremiah, whom the Lord when giving him his commission, had set over the nations and over the kingdoms, (see Jeremiah 1:10) is here arraigning, trying, and condemning Moab; and an awful co...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here is a bitter derision; for it was necessary not only to goad the Moabites, but also to pierce them through, because they were inflated with so much pride, and also because they cruelly raged again...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    GIVE WINGS UNTO MOAB THAT IT MAY FLEE AND GET AWAY,.... That is, give wings to the inhabitants of Moab; signifying that they were in great danger, and there was no probability of escaping it, unless t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. Ver. 9. _Give wings unto Moab._] Let him flea his utmost - _addat timor al...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Chemosh shall go_, &c. Chemosh was the idol of the Moabites, Numbers 21:29. _The valley also shall perish and the plain_ Those who live in the country, with their flocks and pastures, shall be involv...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Give wings unto Moab that it may flee and get away, on account of the suddenness of the calamity which was threatening; FOR THE CITIES THEREOF SHALL BE DESOLATE, WITHOUT ANY TO DWELL THEREIN....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE COMING DEVASTATION OF MOAB DESCRIBED...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    That is, the Moabites had need of wings like a bird to escape that ruin which is coming upon them. Yea, if they had wings, they should not escape, for the Lord is resolved that the cities of Moab shal...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 48:9 Give H5414 (H8798) wings H6731 Moab H4124 flee H5323 (H8800) away H3318 (H8799) cities...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DESTRUCTION OF MOAB (JEREMIAH 48:1). Note how, as in Isaiah 15, the towns and prominent places are mentioned by name. Some of them were towns that had been taken over from Israel (compare Mesha's...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    D). PROPHECY AGAINST MOAB (JEREMIAH 48:1). Whilst the Philistines were a constant trouble to Israel/Judah from the west, mainly troubling western Israel/Judah, eastern Israel/Judah, especially east of...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prophecy against Moab. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Jehovah has all armies at His command. He will in His own time plead the cause of His people against a people that have always...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 48:1. _Against Moab, saith the Lord._ Isaiah had prophesied of the devastation of Moab by Salmaneser: chap. 15, 16. Jeremiah here speaks of the terrible conquest of the country by Nebuchadnez...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—Naegelsbach suggests, with ample justification, that “this prophecy certainly belongs to the time of Jehoiakim, and _before the fourth year...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This prophecy is so full of repetitions that the question has naturally arisen whether the most prominent of these may not be due to interpolation. For instance: 1.Jeremiah 48:29-24 recur...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In forty-eight, he now directs his attention to Moab. Moab was across the Jordan on the east side of the Jordan River and of the Jordan rift. Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Isr...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 16:2; Jeremiah 46:19; Jeremiah 48:28; Psalms 11:1; Psalms 55:6

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Give wings — The Moabites have need of wings like a bird to escape that ruin which is coming upon them....

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