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
Ye Moabites shall leave the cities, and dwell in rocks of stone, and become like doves that make their nests in holes.
Psalm 11:1
{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill?
Psalm 55:6
And I said, "O that I had wings like a dove! For then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Isaiah 16:2
For as for the daughters of Moab, they shall be as a trembling bird, that is put out of her nest: for they shall carry them unto Arnon.
Revelation 12:14
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
The cities
Jeremiah 46:19
O thou daughter of Egypt make ready thy gear to flit. For Memphis shall be void desolate, so that no man shall dwell therein.
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as truly as I live, sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and Ammon as Gomorrah: even dry thorn hedges, salt pits and perpetual wilderness. The residue of my folk shall spoil them, the remnant of my people shall have them in possession.