Jeremiah 48 · Verse 44

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.
Jeremiah 48:44, King James Version

Jeremiah 48:44 in other translations

BSB“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.
WEB“He who flees from the terror will fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit will be taken in the snare, for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation,” says the LORD.
ASVHe 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 him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
YLTWhoso is fleeing because of the fear falleth into the snare, And whoso is coming up from the snare is captured by the gin, For I bring in unto her--unto Moab--The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.
DARBYHe 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 her, upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
BBEHe who goes in flight from the fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for I will make this come on Moab, even the year of their punishment, says the Lord.
WebsterHe that fleeth from the fear, shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth 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.

What does Jeremiah 48:44 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 48:43-44

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 48:44 in the original Hebrew

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הַנָּ֞סha.nisthe [one who] fleesH5127
מִפְּנֵ֤יmi.pe.Neifrom beforeH6440
הַפַּ֙חַד֙ha.Pa.chadthe terrorH6343
יִפֹּ֣לyi.Polhe will fallH5307
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הַפַּ֔חַתha.Pa.chatthe pitH6354
וְהָֽעֹלֶה֙ve.ha.'o.Lehand the [one who] climbs upH5927
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַפַּ֔חַתha.Pa.chatthe pitH6354
יִלָּכֵ֖דyi.la.Khedhe will be caughtH3920
בַּפָּ֑חba.Pachin <the> snareH6341
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
אָבִ֨יא'a.Vi'I will bringH935
אֵלֶ֧יהָ'e.Lei.hato itH413
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מוֹאָ֛בmo.'AvMoabH4124
שְׁנַ֥תshe.Nat[the] year ofH8141
פְּקֻדָּתָ֖םpe.ku.da.Tampunishment theirH6486
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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Cross references for Jeremiah 48:44

  • Jeremiah 11:23

    And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.

  • 1 Kings 19:17

    And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

  • Jeremiah 46:21

    Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

  • Amos 5:19

    As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • 1 Kings 20:30

    But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben–hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

  • Micah 7:4

    The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

  • Isaiah 10:3

    And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

  • Hosea 9:7

    The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

  • Jeremiah 16:16

    Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

  • Jeremiah 51:18

    They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • Amos 2:14-15

    Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

  • Isaiah 24:18

    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.

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that fleeth.
16:16; 1Ki 19:17; 20:30; Isa 37:36-38; Am 2:14,15; 5:19; 9:1-4
the year.
8:12; 10:15; 11:23; 23:12; 46:21; 51:18; Isa 10:3; Ho 9:7; Mic 7:4

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Context

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 48:45

    They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

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Jeremiah 48:44 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El que huyere del miedo, caerá en el hoyo; y el que saliere del hoyo, será preso del lazo: porque yo traeré sobre él, sobre Moab, año de su visitación, dice Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Celui qui s’ enfuit à cause de la frayeur tombera dans la fosse; et celui qui monte de la fosse sera pris dans le piège; car je ferai venir sur lui, sur Moab, l’année de leur visitation, dit l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wer vor dem Grauen flieht, wird in die Grube fallen, und wer aus der Grube heraufsteigt, wird in dem Garne gefangen werden; denn ich bringe über dasselbe, über Moab, das Jahr seiner Heimsuchung, spricht Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Qui fugerit a facie pavoris cadet in foveam, et qui conscenderit de fovea capietur laqueo: adducam enim super Moab annum visitationis eorum, ait Dominus.