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Jeremiah 48:16

Jeremiah 48:16
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

All ye that are about him, bemoan him,.... The neighbouring nations, such as the Ammonites, and others, are called upon to condole the sad case of Moab; all upon the borders of the country of Moab,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Near to come - Twenty-three years elapsed between the fourth year of Jehoiakim, when this prophecy was spoken, and its accomplishment by the invasion of Moab five years after the capture of Jerusalem.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 48:14-47

The destruction is here further prophesied of very largely and with a great copiousness and variety of expression, and very pathetically and in moving language, designed not only to awaken them by a…