Jeremiah 48 · Verse 43

Jeremiah 48:43

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 48:43, King James Version

Jeremiah 48:43 in other translations

BSBTerror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
WEBTerror, the pit, and the snare are on you, inhabitant of Moab,” says the LORD.
ASVFear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.
YLTFear, and a snare, and a gin, are for thee, O inhabitant of Moab--an affirmation of Jehovah,
DARBYFear, and the pit, and the snare shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.
BBEFear and death and the net have come on you, O people of Moab, says the Lord.
WebsterFear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.

What does Jeremiah 48:43 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 48:43-44
43-44. (See on Is 24:17, 18).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare - See the note on Isa 24:17, Isa 24:18.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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 48:43 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.

פַּ֥חַדPa.chadterrorH6343
וָפַ֖חַתva.Fa.chatand pitH6354
וָפָ֑חva.Fachand snareH6341
עָלֶ֛יךָ'a.Lei.kha[will be] on youH5921
יוֹשֵׁ֥בyo.ShevO inhabitant ofH3427
מוֹאָ֖בmo.'AvMoabH4124
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 48:43

  • Isaiah 24:17-18

    Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

  • Lamentations 3:47

    Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

  • Deuteronomy 32:23-25

    I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

  • Psalms 11:6

    Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 32:23-25; Ps 11:6; Isa 24:17,18; La 3:47

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 48:42

    And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 48:43

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

  • Jeremiah 48:44

    He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

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Jeremiah 48:43 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Miedo y hoyo y lazo sobre ti, oh morador de Moab, dice Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
La frayeur, et la fosse, et le piège sont sur toi, habitant de Moab! dit l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Grauen und Grube und Garn über dich, du Bewohner von Moab! spricht Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Pavor, et fovea, et laqueus super te, o habitator Moab, dicit Dominus.