Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
The cities
Bible References
Wings
Jeremiah 48:28
"Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
Psalm 11:1
In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain,
Psalm 55:6
And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
Isaiah 16:2
Like fleeing birds, like a scattered nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
Revelation 12:14
But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
The cities
Jeremiah 46:19
Prepare yourselves baggage for exile, O inhabitants of Egypt! For Memphis shall become a waste, a ruin, without inhabitant.
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as I live," declares the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them."