Jeremiah 48:28

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Abandon your cities and dwell among the rocks, O inhabitants of Moab. Be like a dove that makes its nest in the sides of the cave's opening.

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  • Ps 55:6-7 : 6 Fear and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me. 7 I said, 'Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.'
  • Song 2:14 : 14 My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, show me your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
  • Judg 6:2 : 2 Midian's power overwhelmed Israel, and because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
  • Isa 2:19 : 19 People will go into caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, fleeing from the terror of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to terrify the earth.
  • Jer 48:9 : 9 Give Moab wings so she may fly away, for her cities will become desolate, with no one living in them.
  • Jer 49:16 : 16 The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, holding the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle, from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.
  • Obad 1:3-4 : 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; you say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?" 4 Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 13:6 : 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a difficult situation and that the enemy was pressing them hard, they hid themselves in caves, thickets, rocks, pits, and cisterns.

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  • Jer 48:8-9
    2 verses
    81%

    8The destroyer will come to every city, and no city will escape. The valley will perish, and the plateau will be destroyed, for the LORD has spoken.

    9Give Moab wings so she may fly away, for her cities will become desolate, with no one living in them.

  • Jer 48:38-47
    10 verses
    79%

    38On every rooftop of Moab and in its public squares, there is nothing but lamentation. For I have broken Moab like a jar no one wants, declares the LORD.

    39How shattered Moab is! Cry out! How Moab has turned his back in shame. So Moab will become a ridicule and a horror to all his neighbors.

    40For this is what the LORD says: Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.

    41The cities are captured, and the strongholds are seized. On that day, the heart of Moab's warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

    42Moab will be destroyed as a people, because he exalted himself against the LORD.

    43Terror, pit, and snare await you, O inhabitant of Moab, declares the LORD.

    44The one who flees from the terror will fall into the pit, and the one climbing out of the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring on Moab the year of their punishment, declares the LORD.

    45In the shadow of Heshbon, the fugitives stand helpless, for a fire has gone out from Heshbon, and a flame from Sihon. It devours the corner of Moab and the crown of the noisy boasters.

    46Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh are destroyed. Your sons have been taken into exile, and your daughters into captivity.

    47Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.

  • Isa 16:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Send a lamb as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela, through the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.

    2Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.

  • Jer 49:16
    76%

    16The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, holding the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle, from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.

  • Jer 48:29
    74%

    29We have heard of Moab's pride—so very proud—his arrogance, pride, conceit, and the haughtiness of his heart.

  • Jer 48:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18Come down from your place of glory and sit in thirst, inhabitant daughter of Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab has attacked you, ruining your fortresses.

    19Stand by the road and watch, inhabitant of Aroer. Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, 'What has happened?'

    20Moab is put to shame, for it is shattered. Wail and cry out! Proclaim at the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

  • Job 30:6
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    6They dwell in the dry streambeds, in holes in the ground, and among the rocks.

  • Jer 48:1-6
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    73%

    1This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says concerning Moab: Woe to Nebo, for it is devastated! Kiriathaim is disgraced and captured; the mighty stronghold is humbled and shattered.

    2The glory of Moab is no more! In Heshbon, a plan for disaster was made against her: 'Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!' Even Madmen will be silenced; the sword will follow you.

    3A cry of distress comes from Horonaim: great destruction and devastation!

    4Moab is broken! A cry is heard; even her young ones make their distress known.

    5For at the ascent of Luhith, weeping goes with the steps; as they descend to Horonaim, cries of destruction are heard from the enemy.

    6Flee! Save your lives like a juniper in the wilderness.

  • Isa 16:4
    72%

    4Let my outcasts live among you, O Moab. Be a shelter for them from the destroyer. For the oppressor will come to an end, destruction will cease, and those who trample others will disappear from the land.

  • Jer 48:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26Make her drunk, for she has magnified herself against the LORD. Moab will wallow in her vomit and become an object of ridicule.

    27Was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you speak of him you wag your head in scorn?

  • Job 39:28
    72%

    28It dwells and lodges on the rocky crag, on the sharp point of the cliff and its stronghold.

  • Jer 48:24
    72%

    24to Kerioth, to Bozrah, and to all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.

  • Ps 68:13
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    13Kings of armies flee—they flee! And the woman at home divides the spoil.

  • Jer 48:36
    71%

    36Therefore, my heart moans for Moab like the sound of flutes; it moans like flutes for the men of Kir-heres, because their accumulated wealth has perished.

  • Isa 25:10
    71%

    10For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain, but Moab will be trampled under him as straw is trampled down in a manure pit.

  • Obad 1:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; you say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?"

    4Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.

  • Isa 60:8
    70%

    8Who are these flying like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?

  • Isa 15:5
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    5My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, like a three-year-old heifer. They go up weeping by the ascent of Luhith. On the way to Horonaim, they raise a cry of destruction.

  • Jer 48:31
    70%

    31Therefore, I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab. For the men of Kir-heres, I will mourn.

  • Ezek 7:16
    70%

    16Those who escape will flee to the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each because of their iniquity.

  • Jer 48:11
    70%

    11Moab has been at ease from her youth, settled on her dregs, not poured from vessel to vessel, nor gone into exile. Therefore her taste remains, and her aroma is unchanged.

  • Jer 4:29
    70%

    29At the sound of the horsemen and archers, every city flees. They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks. The cities are abandoned, and no one lives in them.

  • Jer 48:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15Moab is devastated, and its towns have been destroyed! The best of its young men have gone down to slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

    16The calamity of Moab is near at hand, and her disaster is rushing swiftly.

  • Isa 15:8
    69%

    8For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab. Its wailing reaches Eglaim, and its lamentation goes all the way to Beer Elim.

  • Jer 48:13
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    13Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

  • Isa 34:15
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    15There, the arrow snake will make her nest, lay eggs, hatch them, and care for her young in her shadow. Indeed, there the kites will gather, each one with its mate.

  • Isa 16:7
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    7Therefore, Moab will wail for Moab—everyone will wail. Mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, utterly stricken and grieving.

  • Job 15:28
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    28he will dwell in desolated cities, in houses no one inhabits, destined to become ruins.

  • Jer 49:4
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    4Why do you boast of your valleys, your abundant valley, O rebellious daughter? You trust in your treasures and say, 'Who will come against me?'