Jeremiah 48:16

16 “The fall of Moab is at hand; her calamity will come quickly.

Jeremiah 48:16 in Other Translations

16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

16 The calamity of Moab is near at hand, and his affliction hastens swiftly.

16 “Destruction is coming fast for Moab; calamity threatens ominously.

16 "Yes. Moab's doom is on countdown, disaster targeted and launched.

16 Moab's calamity is near at hand; his disaster is rushing swiftly.

Jeremiah 48:16 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:16

The calamity of Moab [is] near to come
As it did come within live years after the destruction of Jerusalem, as observed on ( Jeremiah 48:12 ) ; out of Josephus: and his affliction hasteth fast:
or, "his evil" ^F26 the evil of punishment for his sin; his utter destruction.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (wter) "malum ejus", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt.

Jeremiah 48:16 In-Context

14 “How can you say, ‘We are warriors, men valiant in battle’?

15 Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded; her finest young men will go down in the slaughter,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD Almighty.

16 “The fall of Moab is at hand; her calamity will come quickly.

17 Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know her fame; say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter, how broken the glorious staff!’

18 “Come down from your glory and sit on the parched ground, you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab will come up against you and ruin your fortified cities.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 13:22