Jeremiah 48:28

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Leave the towns, and live on the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove that nests on the sides of the mouth of a gorge.

Cross References

Genesis 8:12

Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove, and it 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 lovely.

Isaiah 2:19

Enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from the terror of the Lord and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.

Jeremiah 48:9

Set aside salt for Moab, for she will surely fall; her towns shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them.

Jeremiah 49:16

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

Jeremiah 49:8

Flee; turn back; get down low, inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time when I punish him.

Judges 6:2

The hand of Midian prevailed over Israel, and because of Midian the Israelites provided for themselves hiding places in the mountains, caves and strongholds.

1 Samuel 13:6

When the Israelites saw that they were in distress (for the troops were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns.