Jeremiah 48:43 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Jeremiah 48:43 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(y) Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. (y) He that escapes one danger will be taken by another, ( Isaiah 24:17 ).
Jeremiah 48:43 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 40-47. The foe swoops down vulture-like ( Jeremiah 4:13 ) on Moab, destroyed because of pride against Yahweh. One disaster succeeds another in this time of punishment (visitation, Jeremia...
Jeremiah 48:43 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Fear . Terror.
Jeremiah 48:43 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

By these words the Prophet skews, that though the Moabites should adopt many means of escape, yet they should be taken, for God’s hand would everywhere entrap them. He mentions terror first,...
Jeremiah 48:43 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. Fear, and the pit, and the snare - See the note on Isaiah 24:17 , Isaiah 24:18 .
Jeremiah 48:43 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Fear— Terror.
Jeremiah 48:43 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee - (note, Isaiah 24:17-18 ). "Fear" is the tec...
Jeremiah 48:43 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Against Moab Moab, in recompense for its pride and security, and for its triumphing over Israel in the day of her calamity, shall itself be laid waste and taken captive: cp. the 'burden of Moab 'i...
Jeremiah 48:43 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(43) Fear, and the pit, and the snare. — The words are a reproduction of Isaiah 24:17 , which had probably passed into something like proverbial use. The sequence in each case shows that each word...
Jeremiah 48:43 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIX MOAB Jeremiah 48:1-47 "Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah."- Jeremiah 48:42 "Chemosh said to me, Go, take Nebo agains...
Jeremiah 48:43 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The word of the Lord concerning Moab is a judgment, which nevertheless closes with a gleam of hope. The judgment is described, first, from the standpoint of the scourge. The widespread extent of it i...
Jeremiah 48:43 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It would swell our Commentary to a length indeed, to enter minutely into the several branches of the visitations here set forth. Indeed it would only when done, tend to confirm what hardly needs furt...
Jeremiah 48:43 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee ,.... A proverbial expression, showing, that if they escaped one danger, or sore judgment, they should fall into another and greater: the words...
Jeremiah 48:43 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. Ver. 43. Fear and the pit. ] See Isaiah 24:17 .
Jeremiah 48:43 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, he shall fly as an eagle Conquerors are often compared to eagles and other birds of prey; and the encamping of their armies is represented by the spreading of the wings of such fowls. The...
Jeremiah 48:43 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Moab. B. C. 605. 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the...
Jeremiah 48:43 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These three words, fear, pit, snare, signify no more than a variety of dangers that should be on all sides of them, so as if any escaped one danger, he should presently meet with another, for this...
Jeremiah 48:43 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

D). Prophecy Against Moab ( Jeremiah 48:1-47 ). Whilst the Philistines were a constant trouble to Israel/Judah from the west, mainly troubling western Israel/Judah, eastern Israel/Judah, especiall...
Jeremiah 48:43 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter .—Naegelsbach suggests, with ample justification, that “this prophecy certainly belongs to the time of Jehoiakim, and before the fourth y...
Jeremiah 48:43 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 48:1 . Against Moab, saith the Lord. Isaiah had prophesied of the devastation of Moab by Salmaneser: chap. 15, 16. Jeremiah here speaks of the terrible conquest of the country by Nebuchad...
Jeremiah 48:43 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This prophecy is so full of repetitions that the question has naturally arisen whether the most prominent of these may not be due to interpolation. For instance: 1 . Jeremiah 48:29-...
Jeremiah 48:43 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentation over Moab
Jeremiah 48:43 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:23-25 ; Isaiah 24:17 ; Isaiah 24:18 ; Lamentations 3:47 ; Psalms 11:6
Jeremiah 48:43 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fear — A variety of dangers upon all sides.

Jeremiah 48:43 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 48:43 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:43 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 48:43 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:43 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:43 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 48:43 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 48:43 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:43 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 48:43 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 48:43 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 48:43 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 48:43 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 48:43 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 48:43 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 48:43 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 48:43 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 48:43 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:43 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 48:43 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 48:43 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 48:43 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 48:43 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 48:43 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes