Jeremiah 48:40 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁴⁰ For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle, and spread his wings against Moab;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ For thus says the Lord: Behold, he [Babylon] shall fly swiftly like an eagle and shall spread out his wings against Moab. [Ezek. 17:3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ The LORD proclaims: Look! One who soars like an eagle and spreads its wings over Moab.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ Thus says the Lord: "Behold, he will fly like the eagle, and he will extend his wings to Moab.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ Thus saith the Lord: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle and shall stretch forth his wings to Moab.

Jeremiah 48:40 Cross References

Proverbs 30:19

the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.

Isaiah 11:14

But they shall swoop down upon the shoulder of the Philistines in the west, and together they shall plunder the people of the east. They shall put forth their hand against Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites shall obey them.

Isaiah 8:8

and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck; and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanu-el.”

Jeremiah 4:13

Behold, he comes up like clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles— woe to us, for we are ruined!

Jeremiah 49:22

Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle, and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her pangs.”

Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers were swifter than the vultures in the heavens; they chased us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 17:3

say, Thus says the Lord God: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar;

Daniel 7:4

The first was like a lion and had eagles' wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand upon two feet like a man; and the mind of a man was given to it.

Hosea 8:1

Set the trumpet to your lips, for a vulture is over the house of the Lord, because they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are swifter than leopards, more fierce than the evening wolves; their horsemen press proudly on. Yea, their horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle swift to devour.

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you do not understand,