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The Irony of Escape
Commentators agree that the phrase "Give wings unto Moab" is a form of stern, divine irony. The prophet is not praying for their escape but highlighting its impossibility. The destruction will be so total that the only conceivable way to survive would be to magically grow wings and fly away, as all their cities will be desolate.
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Jeremiah
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Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 48:9
19th Century
Bishop
Give wings to Moab ... —“No other prayer,” the prophet seems to say, in grave, stern irony, “is left but this. Resistance…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 48:9
16th Century
Theologian
Here is a bitter derision; for it was necessary not only to provoke the Moabites but also to pierce them through, because they were inflated with s…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 48:9
17th Century
Pastor
Give wings unto Moab that it may flee and get away That is, give wings to the inhabitants of Moab; signifying that they w…