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Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah 48:16

It won't be long now— disaster will hit Moab!

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Moabites;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chemosh;   Heshbon;   Kiriathaim;   Pisgah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Madmen;   Moab, Moabites;   Obadiah, Book of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nebo;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon ammonites children of ammon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chemosh;   Near;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Moab’s calamity is near at hand;his disaster is rushing swiftly.
Hebrew Names Version
The calamity of Mo'av is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.
King James Version
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
English Standard Version
The calamity of Moab is near at hand, and his affliction hastens swiftly.
New American Standard Bible
"The disaster of Moab will soon come, And his catastrophe has hurried quickly.
New Century Version
"The end of Moab is near, and she will soon be destroyed.
Amplified Bible
"The destruction of Moab will come soon, And his disaster hurries quickly.
World English Bible
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The destruction of Moab is ready to come, and his plague hasteth fast.
Legacy Standard Bible
"The disaster of Moab will soon come,And his calamity has quickly hastened.
Berean Standard Bible
Moab's calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
Complete Jewish Bible
Mo'av's ruin is coming soon, its disaster speeds on swiftly.
Darby Translation
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Easy-to-Read Version
"The end of Moab is near. Moab will soon be destroyed.
George Lamsa Translation
The calamity of Moab is soon to come, and his affliction hastens fast.
Good News Translation
Moab's doom approaches; its ruin is coming soon.
Lexham English Bible
"The disaster of Moab is near to come, and his disaster approaches very quickly.
Literal Translation
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his evil hurries fast.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The destruction off Moab commeth on a pace, and hir fall is at honde.
American Standard Version
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Bible in Basic English
The fate of Moab is near, and trouble is coming on him very quickly.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
King James Version (1611)
The calamitie of Moab is neere to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The destruction of Moab commeth on a pace, and her fall is at hande.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joanan, and all the leaders of the host that were with him, took all the remnant of the people, whom he had brought back from Ismael, mighty men in war, and the women, and the other property, and the eunuchs, whom they had brought back from Gabaon:
English Revised Version
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The perischyng of Moab is nyy, that it come, and the yuel therof renneth ful swiftli.
Update Bible Version
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.
Webster's Bible Translation
The calamity of Moab [is] near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
New English Translation
Moab's destruction is at hand. Disaster will come on it quickly.
New King James Version
"The calamity of Moab is near at hand, And his affliction comes quickly.
New Living Translation
"Destruction is coming fast for Moab; calamity threatens ominously.
New Life Bible
The trouble of Moab will soon come. His suffering comes in a hurry.
New Revised Standard
The calamity of Moab is near at hand and his doom approaches swiftly.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Near is the doom of Moab, to come, - And, his calamity, hasteth greatly.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The destruction of Moab is near to come: the calamity thereof shall come on exceeding swiftly.
Revised Standard Version
The calamity of Moab is near at hand and his affliction hastens apace.
Young's Literal Translation
Near is the calamity of Moab to come, And his affliction hath hasted exceedingly.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The disaster of Moab will soon come, And his calamity has swiftly hastened.

Contextual Overview

14 You claim that your soldiers are strong and brave. 15 But I am the Lord , the all-powerful King, and I promise that enemies will overpower your towns. Even your best warriors will die in the battle. 16 It won't be long now— disaster will hit Moab! 17 I will order the nearby nations to mourn for you and say, "Isn't it sad? Moab ruled others, but now its glorious power has been shattered." 18 People in the town of Dibon, you will be honored no more, so have a seat in the dust. Your walls will be torn down when the enemies attack. 19 You people of Aroer, go wait beside the road, and when refugees run by, ask them, "What happened?" 20 They will answer, "Moab has been defeated! Weep with us in shame. Tell everyone at the Arnon River that Moab is destroyed." 21 I will punish every town that belongs to Moab, but especially Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath, 22 Dibon, Nebo, Beth-Diblathaim, 23 Kiriathaim, Beth-Gamul, Beth-Meon,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

near: Jeremiah 1:12, Deuteronomy 32:35, Isaiah 13:22, Isaiah 16:13, Isaiah 16:14, Ezekiel 12:23, Ezekiel 12:28, 2 Peter 2:3

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:13 - Chemosh

Cross-References

Genesis 32:28
The man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have wrestled with God and with men, and you have won. That's why your name will be Israel."
Genesis 48:1
Joseph was told that his father Jacob had become very sick. So Joseph went to see him and took along his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis 48:2
When Joseph arrived, someone told Jacob, "Your son Joseph has come to see you." Jacob sat up in bed, but it took almost all his strength.
Genesis 48:4
and promised, "I will give you a large family with many descendants that will grow into a nation. And I am giving you this land that will belong to you and your family forever."
Genesis 48:5
Then Jacob went on to say: Joseph, your two sons Ephraim and Manasseh were born in Egypt, but I accept them as my own, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
Genesis 48:6
Any children you have later will be considered yours, but their inheritance will come from Ephraim and Manasseh.
Genesis 48:7
Unfortunately, your mother Rachel died in Canaan after we had left northern Syria and before we reached Bethlehem. And I had to bury her along the way.
Genesis 48:11
Jacob turned to Joseph and told him, "For many years I thought you were dead and that I would never see you again. But now God has even let me live to see your children."
Genesis 48:13
After Joseph got up, he brought his two sons over to Jacob again. He led his younger son Ephraim to the left side of Jacob and his older son Manasseh to the right.
Genesis 48:15
Then he gave Joseph his blessing and said: My grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac worshiped the Lord God. He has been with me all my life,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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" z the evil of punishment for his sin; his utter destruction.

z רעתו "malum ejus", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Near to come - Twenty-three years elapsed between the fourth year of Jehoiakim, when this prophecy was spoken, and its accomplishment by the invasion of Moab five years after the capture of Jerusalem. So slowly does God’s justice move onward.


 
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