Jeremiah 48:43

Terror, the pit, and the snare are on you, inhabitant of Moab,” says the LORD.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

42Moab will be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against the LORD.

44“He who flees from the terror will fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit will be taken in the snare, for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation,” says the LORD.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:23“I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them.

Isaiah 24:17Fear, the pit, and the snare are on you who inhabit the earth.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:15-47

The Judgment of Moab. ( b. c. 605.) 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts. 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. 17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy… Read the whole commentary →

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