Jeremiah 48:28

Translations

Modern

Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Leave behind the cities and dwell in the rock, O dwellers of Moab, and become like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of a cave.

Latin

Relinquite civitates, et habitate in petra, habitatores Moab: et estote quasi columba nidificans in summo ore foraminis.

Original

Hebrew

English

Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.

Notes

Jeremiah 48:1–47

Moab, one of two nations descended from Abraham’s nephew Lot (Genesis 19:36–38), was the next nation judged in the Lord’s courtroom (compare Isaiah 15–16). Moab’s land was between the Arnon River and the Zered Brook, east of the Dead Sea. At that time, the Moabites felt confident because they were mostly safe from Babylonian military power. However, the Lord found the Moabites to be greedy and cruel, and their worship was violent and indulgent.

Jeremiah 48:1–49:6

The Lord ordered the destruction and future rebuilding of Moab and Ammon. These two nations came from Lot, who was Abraham's nephew (Genesis 19:36–38).

Theme notes and profiles

Messages Against the Nations The Lord of Nations

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Judges 6:2
…and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
Psalm 55:6–7
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
Song of Solomon 2:14
O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
Jeremiah 49:16
The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
Isaiah 2:19
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
Jeremiah 48:9
Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
1 Samuel 13:6
Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
Obadiah 1:3–4
The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

Parallels

Isaiah 15:1–9

Places

Moab: Ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in Jordan

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Heshbon Horonaim Kerioth Moab, Moabites Nations Pigeon Zoar

Topics

Birds: Make Their Nests in Clefts of Rocks Rocks: Inhabited by Doves The Dove: Dwells in Rocks Turtle Dove: Nests of War: Evils of

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