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.

Bible References

Wings

Jeremiah 48:28
Abandon the cities, and live on the cliffs, you inhabitants of Moab. Be like a dove that builds a nest by the mouth of a cave.
Psalm 11:1
I take refuge in the LORD. So how can you say to me, "Flee like a bird to the mountains."?
Psalm 55:6
I said, "O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else?
Isaiah 16:2
Like fluttering birds, like an abandoned nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon River.
Revelation 12:14
However, the woman was given the two wings of a large eagle so that she could fly away from the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she could be taken care of for a time, times, and half a time.

The cities

Jeremiah 46:19
Prepare your baggage for exile, daughter living in Egypt, for Memphis will become a desolate place. It will become a ruin without inhabitant.
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as I'm alive and living," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, "Moab will surely become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a place overrun by weeds and salty marshes, unpopulated forever. The survivors of my people will confiscate their property, and those who remain of my nation will inherit what was theirs.

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