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Jeremiah 48:6

4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

5 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’
KJV
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
WEB
Flee! Save your lives! Be like the juniper bush in the wilderness.
ASV
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
DARBY
Flee, save your lives, and be like a shrub in the wilderness.
BLB
‘Flee, save your⁺ own soul! L become like a juniper in the desert.’
ÅB
Flykt, redd deres liv! Bli som hjelpeløse mennesker i ørkenen!
OTB
Flykt! Redd deres liv; bli som en busk i ødemarken.
B1930
Fly, redd eders liv! Bli som hjelpeløse mennesker i ørkenen!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 17:6

    For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

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  • Job 30:3–7

    For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

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  • Jeremiah 51:6

    Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

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  • Luke 17:31–33

    In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

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  • Psalms 11:1

    In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

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  • Proverbs 6:4–5

    Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

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  • Luke 3:7

    Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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  • Matthew 24:16–18

    Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

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