Jeremiah 25:21

25:21 all the people of Edom, ¹  Moab, ²  Ammon; ³ 

Jeremiah 48:16

48:16 Moab’s destruction is at hand.

Disaster will come on it quickly.

Jeremiah 48:25

48:25 Moab’s might will be crushed. Its power will be broken. ⁴  I, the Lord, affirm it! ⁵ 

Jeremiah 48:42-43

48:42 Moab will be destroyed and no longer be a nation, ⁶ 

because she has vaunted herself against the Lord.

48:43 Terror, pits, and traps ⁷  are in store

for the people who live in Moab. ⁸ 

I, the Lord, affirm it! ⁹ 

[25:21]  ¹ sn See further Jer 49:7-22 for the judgment against Edom. Edom, Moab, and Ammon were east of Judah.

[25:21]  ² sn See further Jer 48:1-47 for the judgment against Moab.

[25:21]  ³ sn See further Jer 49:1-6 for the judgment against Ammon.

[48:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “The horn of Moab will be cut off. His arm will be broken.” “Horn” and “arm” are both symbols of strength (see BDB 902 s.v. קֶרֶן 2 [and compare usage in Lam 2:3] and BDB 284 s.v. זְרוֹעַ 2 [and compare usage in 1 Sam 2:31]). The figures have been interpreted for the sake of clarity.

[48:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[48:42]  ⁷ tn Heb “Moab will be destroyed from [being] a people.”

[48:43]  ¹⁰ sn There is an extended use of assonance here and in the parallel passage in Isa 24:17. The Hebrew text reads פַּחַד וָפַחַת וָפָח (pakhad vafakhat vafakh). The assonance is intended to underscore the extensive trouble that is in store for them.

[48:43]  ¹¹ tn Heb “are upon you, inhabitant of Moab.” This is another example of the rapid switch in person or direct address (apostrophe) in the midst of a third person description or prediction which the present translation typically keeps in the third person for smoother English style.

[48:43]  ¹² tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”