Jeremiah 48 · Verse 16

Jeremiah 48:16

The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Jeremiah 48:16, King James Version

Jeremiah 48:16 in other translations

BSBMoab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
WEB“The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.
ASVThe calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
YLTNear is the calamity of Moab to come, And his affliction hath hasted exceedingly.
DARBYThe calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
BBEThe fate of Moab is near, and trouble is coming on him very quickly.
WebsterThe calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

What does Jeremiah 48:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. near--to the prophet's eye, though probably twenty-three years elapsed between the utterance of the prophecy in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (2Ki 24:2) and its fulfilment in the fifth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 48:14-47

. The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of…

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Jeremiah 48:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

קָר֥וֹבka.Rov[is] nearH7138
אֵיד\־'eid-[the] disaster ofH343
מוֹאָ֖בmo.'AvMoabH4124
לָב֑וֹאla.Vo'to comingH935
וְרָ֣עָת֔וֹve.Ra.'a.Toand calamity itsH7451
מִהֲרָ֖הmi.ha.Rahit will hastenH4116
מְאֹֽד\׃me.'OdexceedinglyH3966

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 48:16

  • Isaiah 13:22

    And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

  • Jeremiah 1:12

    Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

  • Deuteronomy 32:35

    To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

  • Ezekiel 12:28

    Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.

  • Isaiah 16:13-14

    This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

  • Ezekiel 12:23

    Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.

  • 2 Peter 2:3

    And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
near.
1:12; De 32:35; Isa 13:22; 16:13,14; Eze 12:23,28; 2Pe 2:3

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Context

  • Jeremiah 48:15

    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.

  • Jeremiah 48:16

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

  • Jeremiah 48:17

    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!

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Jeremiah 48:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cercano está el quebrantamiento de Moab para venir, y su mal se apresura mucho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La calamité de Moab est près d’arriver, et son malheur se hâte beaucoup.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Moabs Verderben steht nahe bevor, und sein Unglück eilt sehr.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Prope est interitus Moab ut veniat, et malum ejus velociter accurret nimis.