Jeremiah 48:28
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Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, you that dwell in Moab: and be ye like the dove that maketh her nest in the mouth of the hole in the highest place.

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Jeremiah 48:9 Give a flower to Moab, for in its flower it shall go out: and the cities thereof shall be desolate, and uninhabited.

Judges 6:2 And they were grievously oppressed by them. And they made themselves dens and caves in the mountains, and strong holds to resist.

1 Samuel 13:6 And when the men of Israel saw that they were straitened (for the people were distressed), they hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in dens, and in pits.

Isaiah 2:19 And they shall go into the holes of rocks, and into the caves of the earth from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.

Obadiah 1:3,4 Behold I have made thee small among the nations: thou art exceeding contemptible. . . .

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Jeremiah 49:16 Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill: but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

Psalm 55:6,7 And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest? . . .

Songs 2:14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.

Context
The Judgment on Moab
27For Israel hath been a derision unto them: as though thou hadst found him amongst thieves: for thy words therefore, which thou hast spoken against him, thou shalt be led away captive. 28Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, you that dwell in Moab: and be ye like the dove that maketh her nest in the mouth of the hole in the highest place.29We have heard the pride of Moab, he is exceeding proud: his haughtiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the loftiness of his heart.…
Cross References
Genesis 8:12
And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto him.

Judges 6:2
And they were grievously oppressed by them. And they made themselves dens and caves in the mountains, and strong holds to resist.

Psalm 55:6
And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?

Songs 2:14
My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.

Isaiah 2:19
And they shall go into the holes of rocks, and into the caves of the earth from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.

Jeremiah 48:9
Give a flower to Moab, for in its flower it shall go out: and the cities thereof shall be desolate, and uninhabited.

Jeremiah 49:16
Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill: but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

Obadiah 1:3
Behold I have made thee small among the nations: thou art exceeding contemptible.

Lexicon
Abandon
עִזְב֤וּ (‘iz·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

the towns
עָרִים֙ (‘ā·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

and dwell
וְשִׁכְנ֣וּ (wə·šiḵ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

among the rocks,
בַּסֶּ֔לַע (bas·se·la‘)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5553: A craggy rock

O residents
יֹשְׁבֵ֖י (yō·šə·ḇê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

of Moab!
מוֹאָ֑ב (mō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled

Be
וִֽהְי֣וּ (wih·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

like a dove
כְיוֹנָ֔ה (ḵə·yō·w·nāh)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3123: A dove

that nests
תְּקַנֵּ֖ן (tə·qan·nên)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7077: To nestle, build, occupy as a, nest

at
בְּעֶבְרֵ֥י (bə·‘eḇ·rê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5676: A region across, on the opposite side

the mouth
פִי־ (p̄î-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

of a cave.
פָֽחַת׃ (p̄ā·ḥaṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6354: A pit, for, catching animals


Additional Translations
Abandon the towns and dwell among the rocks, O residents of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.O you that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that makes her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.

O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

The inhabitants of Moab have left the cities, and dwelt in rocks; they have become as doves nestling in rocks, at the mouth of a cave.

Leave the cities, and dwell in the rocks, ye inhabitants of Moab, and be like the dove, that maketh her nest in the sides of the cave's mouth.

O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the holes mouth.

O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.

You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

Forsake cities, and dwell in a rock, Ye inhabitants of Moab, And be as a dove making a nest in the passages of a pit's mouth.
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