World English Bible
"For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab."
— Jeremiah 48:40, World English Bible
“For thus saith the Lord; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.”
“For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab. ”
“For the LORD says,“Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings a nation will swoop down on Moab.”
“Thus saith the Lord: Behold he shall fly as an eagle, and shall stretch forth his wings to Moab.”
“For the Lord has said, See, he will come like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Moab.”
“For thus saith the Lord; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.”
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings, and on the waist sackcloth.
On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which none delights, says Yahweh.
How is it broken down! [how] do they wail! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.
For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Yahweh.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, inhabitant of Moab, says Yahweh.