Jeremiah 48:16
in Jeremiah 48Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
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ASV
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
KJV
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe calamity of Moab is near to come,.... As it did come within live years after the destruction of Jerusalem, as observed on Jer 48:12; out of Josephus: and his affliction hasteth fast: or, "his evil" (z) the evil of punishment for his sin; his utter destruction. (z) רעתו "malum ejus", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt.
This site's exposition
settled like wine on its dregs
on Jeremiah 48:11-17
Moab “has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs,” never “poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile.” Now the pourers will “shatter his jars,” and Moab will feel shame over Chemosh as Israel did “when they trusted in Bethel.”
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Near to come - Twenty-three years elapsed between the fourth year of Jehoiakim, when this prophecy was spoken, and its accomplishment by the invasion of Moab five years after the capture of Jerusalem. So slowly does God’s justice move onward.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
near--to the prophet's eye, though probably twenty-three years elapsed between the utterance of the prophecy in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (2Ki 24:2) and its fulfilment in the fifth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
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The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קָר֥וֹב | karov | [is] near | H7138 → | 77 times |
| אֵיד־ | ʾeid- | [the] disaster of | H343 → | 24 times |
| מוֹאָ֖ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| לָב֑וֹא | lavo' | to coming | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וְרָ֣עָת֔וֹ | veraato | and calamity its | H7451 → | 662 times |
| מִהֲרָ֖ה | miharah | it will hasten | H4116 → | |
| מְאֹֽד׃ | meod | exceedingly | H3966 → | 300 times |
קָר֥וֹב[is] near
karovH7138 →77 times
אֵיד־[the] disaster of
ʾeid-H343 →24 times
מוֹאָ֖בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
לָב֑וֹאto coming
lavo'H935 →2568 times
וְרָ֣עָת֔וֹand calamity its
veraatoH7451 →662 times
מִהֲרָ֖הit will hasten
miharahH4116 →
מְאֹֽד׃exceedingly
meodH3966 →300 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
Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
it leads to
- Romans 12:19
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- Nahum 1:2
The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
- Hebrews 10:30
For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
- Psalms 73:17–19
until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
- 2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
- Romans 12:19
Through
2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
- Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Romans 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- 2 Corinthians 2:17
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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 (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.