Jeremiah 48:47
in Jeremiah 48Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
KJV
Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
8 notes on this verseIt is written that when Jeremiah caused the nations and kingdoms to drink the cup of wrath, he said concerning each one of the cities, that after they shall drink the cup, I will turn back the captivity of Elam, of Tyre, of Sidon, of the children of Ammon, and of Moab and of Edom.
This site's exposition
an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab
on Jeremiah 48:40-47
Escape is closed: “Terror and pit and snare,” the same chain Isaiah 24:17-18 uses of the whole earth. The “fire” from Heshbon and “flame from within Sihon” take up the old song of Numbers 21:28. The last verse turns: “Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity.”
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Yet it looks further, to gospel times; the Jews themselves refer it to the days of the Messiah; then the captivity of the Gentiles, under the yoke of sin and Satan, shall be brought back by divine grace, which shall make them free, free indeed. This prophecy concerning Moab is long, but here it ends; it ends comfortably: Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
Bring again - It seems this is to be understood of a spiritual reduction of them, by calling them into the kingdom of the Messiah.
Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter day, saith the Lord,.... Some think this is added, not so much for the sake of Moab as of the Jews, to assure them of their return from captivity, as had been promised them, since this would be the case even of Moab.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Bring again the captivity - (Or, “restore the prosperity.”) A similar promise is given to Egypt, Ammon, and Elam Jer 46:26; Jer 49:6. Thus far ... Moab - An editorial note by the same hand as the last words of Jer 51:64.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Restoration promised to Moab, for the sake of righteous Lot, their progenitor (Ge 19:37; Compare as to Egypt, Jer 46:26; Gospel blessings, temporal and spiritual, to the Gentiles in the last days, are intended.
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days - I have already expressed doubts (see Jer 48:42) whether the Moabites were ever restored to their national distinction. The expressions in this chapter, relative to their total destruction as a people, are so strong and so frequent, that they leave little room for a limited interpretation. That many of them returned on the edict of Cyrus by virtue of which the Jews were restored, I doubt not; but neither the Ammonites, Moabites, Philistines, nor even the Jews themselves were ever restored to their national consequence. Perhaps the restoration spoken of here which was to take place in the latter days, may mean the conversion of these people, in their existing remnants, to the faith of the Gospel. Several judicious interpreters are of this opinion. The Moabites were partially restored; but never, as far as I have been able to learn, to their national consequence. Their conversion to the Christian faith must be the main end designed by this prophecy.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשַׁבְתִּ֧י | veshavti | and I will turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| שְׁבוּת־ | shevut- | [the] captivity of | H7622 → | 32 times |
| מוֹאָ֛ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית | beacharit | at [the] end of | H319 → | 61 times |
| הַיָּמִ֖ים | haiyamim | the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | [is] to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הֵ֖נָּה | henah | here | H2008 → | 49 times |
| מִשְׁפַּ֥ט | mishpat | [the] judgment of | H4941 → | 422 times |
| מוֹאָֽב׃ ס | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
וְשַׁבְתִּ֧יand I will turn back
veshavtiH7725 →1056 times
שְׁבוּת־[the] captivity of
shevut-H7622 →32 times
מוֹאָ֛בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
בְּאַחֲרִ֥יתat [the] end of
beacharitH319 →61 times
הַיָּמִ֖יםthe days
haiyamimH3117 →2304 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עַד־[is] to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הֵ֖נָּהhere
henahH2008 →49 times
מִשְׁפַּ֥ט[the] judgment of
mishpatH4941 →422 times
מוֹאָֽב׃ סMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Hosea 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 30:9
Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
- Jeremiah 50:4–5
“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
- Ezekiel 34:23–24
I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
- Isaiah 2:2
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to…
- Ezekiel 37:22–25
I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never…
- Jeremiah 30:9
Through
Deuteronomy 4:30When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
it leads to
- Joel 2:12–13
“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
- Hosea 3:5
Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
- Joel 2:12–13
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Aphrahat the Persian Sage, DEMONSTRATIONS 21:6; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.