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Jeremiah 48:9

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9“Give 1awings to Moab,

For she will 2flee away;

And her cities will become a bdesolation,

Without inhabitants in them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or salt
  2. 2Or fall in ruins

Cross references

  1. aPs 11:1; Is 16:2; Jer 48:28
  2. bJer 44:22

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Give wings to Moab,

for she would fly away;

her cities shall become a desolation,

with no inhabitant in them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Put salt on Moab,

for she will be laid waste;

her towns will become desolate,

with no one to live in them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Make Moab a salt marsh,

for she will run away;

her towns will become a desolation,

without inhabitant.

NLTNew Living Translation

Oh, that Moab had wings

so she could fly away,

for her towns will be left empty,

with no one living in them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Give salt for Moab,

for certainly she will go to ruin,

and her towns will become as a desolation,

without an inhabitant in them.

KJV 1900King James Version

Give wings unto Moab,

That it may flee and get away:

For the cities thereof shall be desolate,

Without any to dwell therein.