Therefore they will carry away the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have stored up, over the brook of the willows.
Parallel translations
- KJV Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to 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 my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres. Therefore the abundance that he has gotten has perished.
- Isa 10:14My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, I have gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped.”
- Isa 30:6The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.
- Ps 137:1–2By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
- Isa 10:6I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me will I give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
- Isa 5:29Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.
- Nah 2:12–13The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey.
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