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Jeremiah 48:43

in Jeremiah 48

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.

KJV

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.

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This verse in Jeremiah 48

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee,.... A proverbial expression, showing, that if they escaped one danger, or sore judgment, they should fall into another and greater: the words seem to be taken from Isa 24:17; See Gill on Isa 24:17; O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord; what in the prophecy of Isaiah is said of the inhabitants of the earth in general, is here applied to the inhabitants of Moab in particular.

This site's exposition

he shall fly as an eagle

on Jeremiah 48:40-47

The end comes as an eagle spreading his wings over Moab, and the escape routes are closed in a chain the prophets share: fear, and the pit, and the snare, he that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit, the same triple net Isaiah 24:17-18 casts over the whole earth. The fire out of Heshbon and the flame from the midst of Sihon takes up the old taunt-song of Num 21:28 almost word for word, Moab's ancient ballad returned on it, which the bench marks as deliberate quotation. Then the last verse turns without warning: yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord, the restoration formula given even to Chemosh's people, and the oracle closes itself like a file, thus far is the judgment of Moab.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

What was said of sinners in general ( Isa. xxiv. 17, 18 ), that those who flee from the fear shall fall into the pit and those who come up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare, is here particularly foretold concerning the sinners of Moab (

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Fear, and the pit, and the snare - See the note on Isa 24:17, Isa 24:18.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • פַּ֥חַדterror

    pachadH6343 →49 times

  • וָפַ֖חַתand pit

    vafachatH6354 →10 times

  • וָפָ֑חand snare

    vafachH6341 →27 times

  • עָלֶ֛יךָ[will be] on you

    ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times

  • יוֹשֵׁ֥בO inhabitant of

    yoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • מוֹאָ֖בMoab

    moavH4124 →181 times

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →376 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 11:6

    On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 38:22

      I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.

    • Genesis 19:24

      Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

    • Ezekiel 13:13

      Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.

    • Luke 17:29

      But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

    • Psalms 75:8

      For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the…

  • Through

    Lamentations 3:47

    Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 51:19

      These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

    • Isaiah 24:17–18

      Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.

    • Jeremiah 48:43–44

      Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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