Jeremiah 48:47

47 "But in days to come, I will make good things happen again to Moab," says the Lord. This ends the judgment on Moab.

Jeremiah 48:47 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:47

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. It had a literal accomplishment under Cyrus, as is thought, when they were restored to their land; and certain it is they were a people in the times of Alexander, or King Jannaeus, who subdued them, as Josephus F20 relates: and it had a spiritual one in the times of the Messiah, in the conversion of some of these people, as very probably in the first times of the Gospel; so it will have in the latter day; see ( Isaiah 11:14 ) . Kimchi interprets it of the days of the Messiah. For though that people are no more, yet there are a people which inhabit their country, who will, at least many of them, be converted, when the fulness of the Gentiles is brought in; and it is no unusual thing in Scripture for the present inhabitants of many countries to be called after those who formerly inhabited them, as the Turks are often called Assyrians; thus far [is] the judgment of Moab;
that is, either so long, unto the latter days, will the judgment of Moab continue. So the Targum,

``hitherto to execute vengeance of judgment on Moab;''
or rather, thus far is the prophecy concerning the destruction of Moab; this is the conclusion of it; here it ends, being a long one.
FOOTNOTES:

F20 Antiqu. l. 13. c. 13. sect 5.

Jeremiah 48:47 In-Context

45 "People have run from the powerful enemy and have gone to Heshbon for safety. But fire started in Heshbon; a blaze has spread from the hometown of Sihon king of Moab. and destroyed those proud people.
46 How terrible it is for you, Moab! been destroyed. Your sons have been taken captive, and your daughters have been taken away.
47 "But in days to come, I will make good things happen again to Moab," says the Lord. This ends the judgment on Moab.
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