Jeremiah 48:43

43 Terror and pit and snare await you, you people of Moab,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 48:43 in Other Translations

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

43 Terror, pit, and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab! declares the LORD.

43 “Terror and traps and snares will be your lot, O Moab,” says the LORD .

43 "Terror and pit and trap are what you have facing you, Moab." God's Decree.

43 Panic, pit, and trap await you, resident of Moab. [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration.

Jeremiah 48:43 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:43

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 ( Isaiah 24:17 ) ; (See Gill on Isaiah 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.

Jeremiah 48:43 In-Context

41 Kerioth will be captured and the strongholds taken. In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation because she defied the LORD.

43 Terror and pit and snare await you, you people of Moab,” declares the LORD.

44 “Whoever flees from the terror will fall into a pit, whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare; for I will bring on Moab the year of her punishment,” declares the LORD.

45 “In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand helpless, for a fire has gone out from Heshbon, a blaze from the midst of Sihon; it burns the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of the noisy boasters.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 49:5
• 2. S Isaiah 24:17