Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsGive wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.
Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile