Jeremiah 48:28 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁸ “Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ O you inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities and dwell among the rocks, and be like the dove that makes her nest in the walls of the yawning ravine.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁸ Leave your towns, head for the cliffs, you people of Moab. Hide like a dove that nests in the mouth of a cave.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ Relinquish the cities, and live upon a rock, O inhabitants of Moab, and be like a dove nesting at the mouth of an opening at the summit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ 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.

Jeremiah 48:28 Cross References

Genesis 8:12

Then he waited another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return to him any more.

Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is comely.

Isaiah 2:19

And men shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.

Jeremiah 48:9

“Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away; her cities shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them.

Jeremiah 49:16

The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:8

Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time when I punish him.

Judges 6:2

And the hand of Midian prevailed over Israel; and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves and the strongholds.

1 Samuel 13:6

When the men of Israel saw that they were in straits (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns,