Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.
Fear, and a snare, and a gin, are for thee, O inhabitant of Moab--an affirmation of Jehovah,
Fear, and the pit, and the snare shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Voices1
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.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
The verses this one reaches9
Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.
Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon— a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.
And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
The walk8
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Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
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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.
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
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.
But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
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…
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Lamentations 3:47Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.
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These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
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