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Geremia 48:9

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9 Date dell’ale a Moab, ch’egli se ne voli via ratto; le sue città saranno messe in desolazione, senza che vi abiti più alcuno.

Geremia 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.
FOOTNOTES:

F15 (aut aun yk) "quia volando volabit", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; "quia avolando avolabit", Schmidt; "nam avolabit", Piscator.
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Geremia 48:9 In-Context

7 Perciocchè, perchè tu ti sei confidata nelle tue opere, e ne’ tuoi tesori, tu ancora sarai presa; e Chemos andrà in cattività, co’ suoi sacerdoti, e co’ suoi principi.
8 E il guastatore entrerà in tutte le città, e niuna città scamperà; e la valle perirà, e la pianura sarà distrutta; perciocchè il Signore l’ha detto.
9 Date dell’ale a Moab, ch’egli se ne voli via ratto; le sue città saranno messe in desolazione, senza che vi abiti più alcuno.
10 Maledetto sia colui che farà l’opera del Signore rimessamente, e maledetto sia colui che divieterà la sua spada di spandere il sangue.
11 Moab è stato in tranquillità fin dalla sua fanciullezza, e si è riposato sopra la sua feccia, e non è stato mai travasato, e non è andato in cattività; perciò il suo sapore gli è restato, e il suo odore non si è mutato.
The Giovanni Diodati Bible is in the public domain.

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