Jeremiah 48:28 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 48:28

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

KJV

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.

⋯

Commentary

0 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עִזְב֤וּ	'iz.Vu	abandon	H5800 →
עָרִים֙	'a.Rim	cities	H5892 →
וְשִׁכְנ֣וּ	ve.shikh.Nu	and dwell	H7931 →
בַּסֶּ֔לַע	ba.Se.la'	among the rock[s]	H5553 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֖י	yo.she.Vei	O inhabitants of	H3427 →
מוֹאָ֑ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
וִֽהְי֣וּ	vih.Yu	and be	H1961 →
כְיוֹנָ֔ה	khe.yo.Nah	like a dove	H3123 →
תְּקַנֵּ֖ן	te.ka.Nen	[which] it makes a nest	H7077 →
בְּעֶבְרֵ֥י	be.'ev.Rei	on [the] sides of	H5676 →
פִי־	fi-	[the] mouth of	H6310 →
פָֽחַת׃	Fa.chat	a ravine	H6354 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- Isaiah 2:10
  Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
- Luke 23:30
  At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
- Hosea 10:8
  The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall…
Through
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.
leads to
- Hebrews 11:38
  The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
- 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.
Through
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…
leads to
- Song of Solomon 5:2
  I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with…
- Song of Solomon 1:5
  I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
- Ezra 9:5–6
  At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,