Jeremías 48:9

9 Dad alas a Moab, para que se escape; sus ciudades serán una desolación, sin que nadie habite en ellas.

Jeremías 48:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:9

Give wings unto Moab that it may flee and get away
That is, give wings to the inhabitants of Moab; signifying that they were in great danger, and there was no probability of escaping it, unless they had the wings of a swift bird, or were as swift as such, and even that would not do; though perhaps their fleeing, and passing away with wings, may signify not their fleeing from danger, and their attempt to escape; but their swift and sudden destruction, compared to the swift flight of a bird; for the last clause may be rendered, "for in flying it shall fly away" ^F15. Some render the first clause, "give a flower to Moab", as the Vulgate Latin version; and so the word sometimes signifies, ( Isaiah 40:7 ) ; and the sense may be, hold up a flower to Moab, or a feather, such as is light, as the down of a thistle, as an emblem of its destruction; which shall pass away as easily and swiftly as so light a thing before the wind; but Jarchi and Kimchi interpret the word as we do, a wing. The Targum is,

``take away the crown from Moab, for going it shall go away into captivity.''

The word is used of the plate of gold on the high priest's mitre, ( Exodus 28:36 ) ; for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein;
which expresses the utter destruction of them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (aut aun yk) "quia volando volabit", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; "quia avolando avolabit", Schmidt; "nam avolabit", Piscator.

Jeremías 48:9 In-Context

7 Por cuanto pusiste tu confianza en tus ganancias y en tus tesoros, también tú serás conquistada, y Quemos saldrá al destierro junto con sus sacerdotes y sus príncipes.

8 Vendrá el destructor de cada ciudad, y ninguna ciudad escapará; también el valle será devastado, y la meseta será destruida, como ha dicho el SEÑOR.

9 Dad alas a Moab, para que se escape; sus ciudades serán una desolación, sin que nadie habite en ellas.

10 Maldito el que hace la obra del SEÑOR con engaño; maldito el que retrae su espada de la sangre.

11 Reposado ha estado Moab desde su juventud, ha estado tranquilo sobre su sedimento; no ha sido vaciado de vasija en vasija, ni ha ido al destierro; por eso retiene su sabor, y su aroma no ha cambiado.