Focused Passage

Jeremiah 48:40-44

Moab Brought Low: Pride, False Security, and the LORD’s Lament over Judgment

The chapter moves from announced ruin over Moab’s cities, to calls for flight and warning against trusting works and treasures, to the humiliation of Chemosh, to the image of Moab poured out like settled wine, to repeated laments over Moab’s devastation, to the exposure of Moab’s pride against the LORD, to the final declaration that Moab’s fortunes will be restored in days to come.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

40 For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.

41 Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.

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

44 “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

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References and Original Words

Verse 40

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:49 Classic cross-references Isaiah 8:8 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 49:22 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 17:3 Classic cross-references Hosea 8:1 Classic cross-references

Original words

For כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction this is what כֹה֙ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Behold הִנֵּ֥ה H2009 Interjection an eagle כַנֶּ֖שֶׁר H5404 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular swoops down יִדְאֶ֑ה H1675 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular and spreads וּפָרַ֥שׂ H6566 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular his wings כְּנָפָ֖יו H3671 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular against אֶל־ H413 Preposition Moab מוֹאָֽב׃ H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular

Verse 41

Cross-references

Amos 2:2 Classic cross-references Isaiah 13:8 Classic cross-references Isaiah 21:3 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 50:37 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 30:6 Classic cross-references

Original words

Kirioth הַקְּרִיּ֔וֹת H7152 Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular has been taken נִלְכְּדָה֙ H3920 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular and the strongholds וְהַמְּצָד֖וֹת H4679 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural seized נִתְפָּ֑שָׂה H8610 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular In that הַה֔וּא H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular day בַּיּ֣וֹם H3117 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular the heart לֵ֞ב H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct of Moab’s מוֹאָב֙ H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular warriors גִּבּוֹרֵ֤י H1368 Adjective - masculine plural construct will be וְֽ֠הָיָה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular like the heart כְּלֵ֖ב H3820 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct of a woman אִשָּׁ֥ה H802 Noun - feminine singular in labor מְצֵרָֽה׃ H6887 Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular

Verse 42

Cross-references

Isaiah 25:11 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:2 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:26 Classic cross-references Isaiah 16:14 Classic cross-references Isaiah 16:6 Classic cross-references

Original words

Moab מוֹאָ֖ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular will be destroyed וְנִשְׁמַ֥ד H8045 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular as a nation מֵעָ֑ם H5971 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular because כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction he vaunted himself הִגְדִּֽיל׃ H1431 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular against עַל־ H5921 Preposition the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

Verse 43

Cross-references

Isaiah 24:17 Classic cross-references Lamentations 3:47 Classic cross-references Amos 5:19 Classic cross-references

Original words

Terror פַּ֥חַד H6343 Noun - masculine singular and pit וָפַ֖חַת H6354 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular and snare וָפָ֑ח H6341 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular await you עָלֶ֛יךָ H5921 Preposition | second person masculine singular O dweller יוֹשֵׁ֥ב H3427 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct of Moab מוֹאָ֖ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

Verse 44

Cross-references

1 Kings 19:17 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 11:23 Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 15:32 Classic cross-references Amos 5:19 Classic cross-references Amos 9:1 Classic cross-references

Original words

Whoever flees הַנִּיס H5211 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular . . . מִפְּנֵ֤י H6440 Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct the panic הַפַּ֙חַד֙ H6343 Article | Noun - masculine singular will fall יִפֹּ֣ל H5307 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular into אֶל־ H413 Preposition the pit הַפַּ֔חַת H6354 Article | Noun - masculine singular and whoever climbs וְהָֽעֹלֶה֙ H5927 Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular from מִן־ H4480 Preposition the pit הַפַּ֔חַת H6354 Article | Noun - masculine singular will be caught יִלָּכֵ֖ד H3920 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular in the snare בַּפָּ֑ח H6341 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular For כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction I will bring אָבִ֨יא H935 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular upon אֵלֶ֧יהָ H413 Preposition | third person feminine singular . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition Moab מוֹאָ֛ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular the year שְׁנַ֥ת H8141 Noun - feminine singular construct of their punishment פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם H6486 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

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