Jeremiah 48:9

WEB

⁹Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get herself away: and her cities will become a desolation, without anyone to dwell in them.

KJV

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

BSB

⁹Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste;^[+] her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.

FBV

⁹Put up gravestones in Moab,^[+] because the country will become a wasteland. Its towns will be turned into ruins where no one lives.

Extra References

Isaiah 16:2

²For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

Jeremiah 48:28

²⁸You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock. Be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

Psalms 11:1

¹In the LORD, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”?

Psalms 55:6

⁶I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

¹⁴Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

Zephaniah 2:9

⁹Therefore, as I live, says the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.

Jeremiah 46:19

¹⁹You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis will become a desolation, and will be burned up, without inhabitant.