Jeremiah 48 · Verse 47

Jeremiah 48:47

Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
Jeremiah 48:47, King James Version

Jeremiah 48:47 in other translations

BSBYet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
WEB“Yet I will reverse the captivity of Moab in the latter days,” says the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
ASVYet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
YLTAnd I have turned back to the captivity of Moab, In the latter end of the days, An affirmation of Jehovah! Hitherto is the judgment of Moab.
DARBYBut I will turn the captivity of Moab at the end of the days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgement of Moab.
BBEBut still, I will let the fate of Moab be changed in the last days, says the Lord.
WebsterYet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

What does Jeremiah 48:47 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
47. Restoration promised to Moab, for the sake of righteous Lot, their progenitor (Ge 19:37; Ex 20:6; Psa 89:30-33). Compare as to Egypt, Jr 46:26; Ammon, Jr 49:6; Elam, Jr 49:39. Gospel blessings, temporal and spiritual, to the Gentiles in the last days, are intended.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 47 Will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days - I have already expressed doubts (see Jer 48:42) whether the Moabites were ever restored to their national distinction. The expressions in this chapter, relative to their total destruction as a people, are so strong and so frequent, that they leave little room for a limited interpretation. That many of them returned on the edict of Cyrus by virtue of which the Jews were restored, I doubt not; but neither the Ammonites, Moabites, Philistines, nor even the Jews themselves were ever restored to their national consequence. Perhaps the restoration spoken of here which was to take place in the latter days, may mean the conversion of these people, in their existing remnants, to the faith of the Gospel. Several judicious interpreters are of this opinion. The Moabites were partially restored; but never, as far as I have been able to learn, to their national consequence. Their conversion to the Christian faith must be the main end designed by this prophecy.

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 48:47 in the original Hebrew

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וְשַׁבְתִּ֧יve.shav.Tiand I will turn backH7725
שְׁבוּת\־she.vut-[the] captivity ofH7622
מוֹאָ֛בmo.'AvMoabH4124
בְּאַחֲרִ֥יתbe.'a.cha.Ritat [the] end ofH319
הַיָּמִ֖יםhai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
עַד\־'ad-[is] toH5704
הֵ֖נָּהHe.nahhereH2008
מִשְׁפַּ֥טmish.Pat[the] judgment ofH4941
מוֹאָֽב\׃\ \סmo.'AvMoabH4124

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Cross references for Jeremiah 48:47

  • Jeremiah 49:39

    But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 49:6

    And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord.

  • Numbers 24:14

    And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

  • Jeremiah 30:24

    The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.

  • Jeremiah 23:20

    The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

  • Job 19:25

    For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

  • Deuteronomy 4:30

    When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

  • Jeremiah 12:15

    And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

  • Ezekiel 16:53-55

    When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

  • Isaiah 19:18-23

    In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord. And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. And the Lord shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord, and perform it. …

  • Daniel 10:14

    Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

  • Isaiah 23:18

    And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Yet will I bring.Many of the Moabites were afterwards restored to their country by Cyrus, as we learn from Josephus; but they never were restored to their national consequence; and perhaps their restoration in the latter days refers to the conversion of their scattered remnants to the gospel.
46:26; 49:6,39; Isa 18:7; 19:18-23; 23:18; Eze 16:53-55
in the latter.
23:20; 30:24; Nu 24:14; De 4:30; 31:29; Job 19:25; Eze 38:8; Da 2:28
Da 10:14; Ho 3:5

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Context

  • Jeremiah 48:46

    Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.

  • Jeremiah 48:47

    Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

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Jeremiah 48:47 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Empero haré tornar el cautiverio de Moab en lo postrero de los tiempos, dice Jehová. Hasta aquí es el juicio de Moab.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je rétablirai les captifs de Moab à la fin des jours, dit l’ Éternel. Jusqu’ici est le jugement de Moab.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber ich werde die Gefangenschaft Moabs wenden am Ende der Tage, spricht Jehova. Bis hierher das Gericht über Moab.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et convertam captivitatem Moab in novissimis diebus, ait Dominus. Hucusque judicia Moab.