Jeremiah 48:40 “For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spre…”

Jeremiah 48:40

For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For the LORD says: “Behold, he will fly as an eagle, and will spread out his wings against Moab.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For thus saith the Lord, Beholde, he shall flee as an eagle, and shall spread his wings ouer Moab.

Darby Translation

For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread forth his wings over Moab.

Young's Literal Translation

For thus said Jehovah: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto Moab.

Bible in Basic English

For the Lord has said, See, he will come like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Moab.

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Cross references

“he shall”

Deuteronomy 28:49 Ezekiel 17:3 Hosea 8:1 Jeremiah 4:13 Lamentations 4:19 Daniel 7:4

Deuteronomy 28:49 · BSB

The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

Ezekiel 17:3 · BSB

and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

Hosea 8:1 · BSB

Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

Jeremiah 4:13 · BSB

Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!

Lamentations 4:19 · BSB

Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

Daniel 7:4 · BSB

The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man and given the mind of a man.

“spread”

Isaiah 8:8 Jeremiah 49:22

Isaiah 8:8 · BSB

It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

Jeremiah 49:22 · BSB

Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Also

Habakkuk 1:8

Habakkuk 1:8 · BSB

Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

39“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”

41Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

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