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Run for your lives; become like a bush in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/48.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Flee for your lives! Hide in the wilderness!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Flee! Save yourselves! You will be like a juniper in the desert!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/48.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Flee, save your lives! And be like the juniper in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Flee, save yourselves, So that you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Flee, save your lives, That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Flee, save your lives, That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Flee, escape with your lives, That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Run! Save your lives, That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Flee! Save your lives! Be like a juniper bush in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Flee! Save your lives! Be like a juniper bush in the wilderness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/48.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Run for your lives! Head into the desert like a wild donkey. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Run away! Run for your lives! Run like a wild donkey in the desert."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/48.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />'Quick, run for your lives!' they say. 'Run like a wild desert donkey!' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/48.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Flee, save your lives, and you will be like a wild donkey in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/48.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They will hear, 'Run! Save yourselves! Even if you must be like a lonely shrub in the desert!' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Flee, save your lives, and be like a shrub in the wilderness."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/48.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Flee! Save your lives! Be like the juniper bush in the wilderness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Flee, deliver yourselves, "" You are as a naked thing in a wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Flee ye, deliver yourselves, Ye are as a naked thing in a wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Flee, save your souls, and ye shall be as ruins in the desert.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Flee, save your lives: and be as heath in the wilderness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Flee, save your lives! And you shall be like a saltcedar tree in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“Flee, save your lives! Be like a wild donkey in the wilderness!” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Flee! Save yourselves! Be like a wild ass in the desert!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Hearken and flee, save your lives and be like a plant in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Hear and flee and save your souls and be like a root in the wilderness!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Flee, save your lives, And be like a tamarisk in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Flee ye, and save your lives, and ye shall be as a wild ass in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=14256" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/48.htm">The Judgment on Moab</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction: <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5127.htm" title="5127: nu·sū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To flee, escape. A primitive root; to flit, i.e. Vanish away.">‘Flee!</a> <a href="/hebrew/4422.htm" title="4422: mal·lə·ṭū (V-Piel-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to be smooth, i.e. to escape; causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks.">Run</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šə·ḵem (N-fsc:: 2mp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">for your lives!</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·ṯih·ye·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3fp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">Become</a> <a href="/hebrew/6176.htm" title="6176: ka·‘ă·rō·w·‘êr (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- (probably a tree or bush) perhaps juniper. Or sarear; from arar reduplicated; a juniper.">like a juniper</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the desert.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Isaiah 15:5</a></span><br />My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-2.htm">Isaiah 16:2</a></span><br />Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3-4</a></span><br />“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees. / Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/21-15.htm">Isaiah 21:15</a></span><br />For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-16.htm">Isaiah 30:16</a></span><br />“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a></span><br />Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16</a></span><br />The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-26.htm">Ezekiel 24:26-27</a></span><br />on that day a fugitive will come and tell you the news. / On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-1.htm">Amos 2:1-3</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king. / So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. / I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-3.htm">Obadiah 1:3-4</a></span><br />The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ / Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm">Zephaniah 2:8-9</a></span><br />“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. / Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-16.htm">Matthew 24:16</a></span><br />then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-14.htm">Mark 13:14</a></span><br />So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-21.htm">Luke 21:21</a></span><br />Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-25.htm">Romans 11:25</a></span><br />I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.</p><p class="hdg">Flee</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Jeremiah 51:6</a></b></br> Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this <i>is</i> the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/19-17.htm">Genesis 19:17</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/11-1.htm">Psalm 11:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician, <i>A Psalm</i> of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee <i>as</i> a bird to your mountain?</p><p class="hdg">be like</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Jeremiah 17:6</a></b></br> For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, <i>in</i> a salt land and not inhabited.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/30-3.htm">Job 30:3-7</a></b></br> For want and famine <i>they were</i> solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste… </p><p class="hdg">the heath.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/39-4.htm">Arabah</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-2.htm">Aroer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-19.htm">Ass</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Bush</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-26.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-2.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-12.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-6.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Heath</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-13.htm">Juniper</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Naked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-21.htm">Run</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-27.htm">Save</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Shrub</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Tamarisk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-3.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-6.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-2.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/48-28.htm">Arabah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-19.htm">Aroer</a> <a href="/hosea/8-9.htm">Ass</a> <a href="/mark/12-26.htm">Bush</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-9.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-19.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Heath</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-4.htm">Juniper</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-14.htm">Naked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-3.htm">Run</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Save</a> <a href="/genesis/2-5.htm">Shrub</a> <a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">Tamarisk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-12.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-39.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-14.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 48</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">The judgment of Moab</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-7.htm">for their pride</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-11.htm">for their security</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-14.htm">for their carnal confidence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">and for their contempt of God and his people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-47.htm">The restoration of Moab</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/48.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/48.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Flee!</b><br>This command is a call to immediate action, reflecting the urgency of the situation facing the people of Moab. Historically, Moab was a nation located east of the Dead Sea, often in conflict with Israel. The call to flee suggests impending disaster, likely due to the Babylonian invasion prophesied by Jeremiah. This echoes other biblical instances where God warns His people to escape impending judgment, such as the flight from Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/19-17.htm">Genesis 19:17</a>).<p><b>Run for your lives!</b><br>The repetition emphasizes the seriousness of the threat. In the context of <a href="/jeremiah/48.htm">Jeremiah 48</a>, this is a warning of the destruction that Babylon will bring upon Moab. The phrase underscores the need for self-preservation and the urgency to escape divine judgment. It parallels the urgency seen in other biblical narratives, such as the Israelites' exodus from Egypt (<a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Exodus 12:31-33</a>).<p><b>Become like a juniper in the desert.</b><br>The juniper, or broom tree, is a hardy plant that survives in arid conditions, symbolizing resilience and survival in harsh environments. This imagery suggests that the Moabites should prepare to endure hardship and isolation, much like the juniper thrives in desolation. The desert often symbolizes a place of testing and purification in the Bible, as seen in Israel's 40 years in the wilderness (<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>). This phrase may also imply a call to humility and repentance, as the juniper's solitary existence in the desert reflects a stripping away of pride and reliance on worldly comforts.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning the judgment of God upon Judah and other nations, including Moab.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>An ancient nation located east of the Dead Sea, often in conflict with Israel. In this chapter, Moab is the subject of God's judgment due to its pride and idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/juniper_in_the_desert.htm">Juniper in the Desert</a></b><br>A metaphor used to describe desolation and isolation. The juniper, or "broom tree," is a hardy plant that survives in arid conditions, symbolizing the survival of the remnant amidst desolation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The command to "flee" is a call to recognize impending judgment and turn away from sin. Just as Moab was warned, we are called to examine our lives and repent.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/pride_leads_to_destruction.htm">Pride Leads to Destruction</a></b><br>Moab's downfall was largely due to its pride. Scripture consistently warns that pride precedes destruction, urging us to cultivate humility.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/survival_in_desolation.htm">Survival in Desolation</a></b><br>The juniper in the desert symbolizes resilience. In times of spiritual desolation, we are encouraged to rely on God for sustenance and strength.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>The prophecy against Moab reminds us of God's control over nations and history. Trust in His justice and timing, even when facing personal or national crises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_the_remnant.htm">Hope for the Remnant</a></b><br>Despite the harsh judgment, the imagery of the juniper suggests that a remnant will survive. This offers hope that God preserves His people even in judgment.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_48.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 48</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_jer_2_6_with_no_migration_proof.htm">In Jeremiah 2:6, how can we reconcile the claim of God leading Israel through the wilderness with the lack of definitive archaeological evidence supporting such a mass migration?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/jeremiah_5_6__are_wild_animal_attacks_credible.htm">Jeremiah 5:6 - How is this threat of wild animals attacking people scientifically or historically credible, given the period's recorded encounters with such creatures?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jeremiah_46_6_lack_evidence.htm">Jeremiah 46:6 - Why does the text suggest a drastic and sudden collapse of Egyptian forces that lacks significant archeological evidence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jer._4_29_align_with_ancient_tactics.htm">Jeremiah 4:29: Could the swift flight at the sound of horsemen and archers fit with known military tactics or records from that era?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/48.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Be like the heath in the wilderness.</span>--Here, as in <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm" title="For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.">Jeremiah 17:6</a>, the stunted solitary shrub in the desert is taken as the type of desolation. The LXX., which adopts the meaning in <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm" title="For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.">Jeremiah 17:6</a>, here strangely enough gives "as a wild ass in the wilderness." <a href="/psalms/11-1.htm" title="In the LORD put I my trust: how say you to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?">Psalm 11:1</a> gives us an example of a like comparison. Here probably there is, as before, a paronomasia on the name of the Moabite city Aroer, which closely resembles the Hebrew word for "heath." In thus finding an ominous significance in the names of cities, Jeremiah follows in the wake of Micah 1.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Flee, save your lives;</span> literally, <span class="accented">your souls</span>. The prophet's human feeling prompts him to this counsel; but he knows full well that a life of abject misery is the utmost that can be hoped for. <span class="cmt_word">And be like the heath in the wilderness;</span> literally, <span class="accented">and</span> (<span class="accented">your souls</span>) <span class="accented">shall be like destitute ones in the wilderness</span>. Imagine the case of one who has been robbed of everything, and left alone in the desert; not less miserable is that of the Moabite fugitives. The word rendered "the heath" (<span class="accented">aro'er</span>) <span class="accented">is</span> either miswritten for <span class="accented">ar'ar</span>, which occurs in the sense of "destitute" in <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Jeremiah 17:6</a> (see note), or also a rare plural form of the same word. The sense remains the same. It is tempting to see an allusion to one of the towns called Aroer (as in <a href="/isaiah/17-2.htm">Isaiah 17:2</a>). But the only Aroer the prophet could be thinking of is that on the Amen (<a href="/deuteronomy/2-36.htm">Deuteronomy 2:36</a>), which could not be described as "in the wilderness." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">‘Flee!</span><br /><span class="heb">נֻ֖סוּ</span> <span class="translit">(nu·sū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5127.htm">Strong's 5127: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flit, vanish away</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Run</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלְּט֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(mal·lə·ṭū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4422.htm">Strong's 4422: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for your lives!</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Become</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתִֽהְיֶ֕ינָה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯih·ye·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a juniper</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּעֲרוֹעֵ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·‘ă·rō·w·‘êr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6176.htm">Strong's 6176: </a> </span><span class="str2">(probably a tree or bush) perhaps juniper</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the desert.’</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(bam·miḏ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Jeremiah 48:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Jeremiah 48:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Jeremiah 48:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Jeremiah 48:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Jeremiah 48:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Jeremiah 48:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Jeremiah 48:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Jeremiah 48:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Jeremiah 48:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/48-6.htm">Jeremiah 48:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/48-6.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 48:6 Flee save your lives and be like (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/48-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>