“‘Leave the towns!
Live on the rocks!
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be like the dove
That nests On the sides
Of the mouth
Of a gorge!
We have heard
Of the pride of Moab.
He is very proud
Of his loftiness.
Of his pride,
Of his arrogance,
Of the haughtiness
Of his heart.
I myself know
His insolence.’
Says Yahweh.
‘His boasts are false.
His deeds are false.’”
Yahweh, via Jeremiah, wants them to leave their towns and go live in the rocks and gorges. They should be like doves with their nests on the sides of mountains. The Moabites were very proud and arrogant, much like in Isaiah, chapter 16. They were, in fact, proud of their loftiness and haughtiness of heart. Yahweh personally knew about their insolence. They had both false boasts and false deeds.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 