9Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant.


In Context

6 Flee, save your lives, and be like a shrub in the wilderness.

7 For because thou hast confided in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken, and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

8 And the waster shall come upon every city, that not a city shall escape; and the valley shall perish, and the plateau shall be destroyed: as Jehovah hath said.

9 Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant.

10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood!

11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and hath settled on his lees; he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste hath remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

Jeremiah 48:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:9Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

48:9Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste ; her towns will become desolate, with no one to live in them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:9Give a flower to Moab, for in its flower it shall go out: and the cities thereof shall be desolate, and uninhabited.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:9Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:9Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:9Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away: for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:9Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:9Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:9Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.