Jeremiah 48:47

47 “Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in days to come,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.

Jeremiah 48:47 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
English Standard Version (ESV)
47 Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, declares the LORD." Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
New Living Translation (NLT)
47 But I will restore the fortunes of Moab in days to come. I, the LORD, have spoken!” This is the end of Jeremiah’s prophecy concerning Moab.
The Message Bible (MSG)
47 But yet there's a day that's coming when I'll put things right in Moab. "For now, that's the judgment on Moab."
American Standard Version (ASV)
47 Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
47 But I will restore Moab in the last days," declares the LORD. The judgment against Moab ends here.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
47 Yet, I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the last days. [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration. The judgment on Moab ends here.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
47 "But in days to come I will bless Moab with great success again," announces the Lord. That's the report about how the LORD said he would judge 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 “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.
46 Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh are destroyed; your sons are taken into exile and your daughters into captivity.
47 “Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in days to come,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Psalms 14:7; Isaiah 11:11; Jeremiah 12:15; Jeremiah 49:6,39; Ezekiel 16:53; Daniel 11:41
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