Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore they will carry away the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have stored up, over the brook of the willows.
- BSB So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
- NKJV Therefore the abundance they have gained, And what they have laid up, They will carry away to the Brook of the Willows.
- NASB Therefore the abundance which they have acquired and stored up, They carry it off over the brook of Arabim.
- NLT The people grab their possessions and carry them across the Ravine of Willows.
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Quick answer
The Moabites carry off their accumulated wealth, fleeing across the brook of the willows. They abandon their land, taking what little they can save.
Overview
Refugees gather their stored possessions and flee toward the southern border, the Wadi of the Willows. Their hoarded riches cannot secure them, only accompany their exile. The scene shows the futility of trusting in wealth when judgment falls.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Jer 48:36Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
- Isa 10:14And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
- Isa 30:6The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
- Ps 137:1–2By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
- Isa 10:6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
- Isa 5:29Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
- Nah 2:12–13The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
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