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


In Context

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

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

8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.

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

10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

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

Jeremiah 48:9 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:9Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant.

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.