Jeremiah 48:28
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 48:28 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 48:28 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 48:28 — KJV
“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.”
— Jeremiah 48:28 (KJV)
Jeremiah 48:28 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 48:28
“And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 48:28: dwell, rock, nest
“To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. caves: Heb. holes”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 48:28: dwell, rock, hole
“Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. measures: the word in the Greek is a measure containing about a peck and a half, wanting a little more than a pint”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 48:28: leave, like, hole
“It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 48:28: leave, like, hole
“The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 48:28: dwell, rock, hole
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