Jeremiah 48:43 “Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the L…”

Jeremiah 48:43

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Terror, the pit, and the snare are on you, inhabitant of Moab,” says the LORD.

American Standard Version

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

Feare, and pit and snare shall be vpon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [are] for thee, O inhabitant of Moab — an affirmation of Jehovah,

Bible in Basic English

Fear and death and the net have come on you, O people of Moab, says the Lord.

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Cross references

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

Lamentations 3:47 Deuteronomy 32:23–25 Psalm 11:6 Isaiah 24:17 Isaiah 24:18

Lamentations 3:47 · BSB

Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.

Deuteronomy 32:23–25 · BSB

I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

Psalm 11:6 · BSB

On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

Isaiah 24:17 · BSB

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.

Isaiah 24:18 · BSB

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

42Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.

44“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.

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