“Yet I will reverse the captivity of Moab in the latter days,” says Yahweh. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
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“Yet I will reverse the captivity of Moab in the latter days,” says Yahweh. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
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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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Yet will I turn the captivity of Moab in the end of days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
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Passages linked to Jeremiah 48:47 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 49:6 “But afterward I will reverse the captivity of the children of Ammon,” says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 49:39 ‘But it will happen in the latter days that I will reverse the captivity of Elam,’ says Yahweh.”
- Numbers 24:14 Now, behold, I go to my people. Come, I will inform you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.”
- Deuteronomy 4:30 When you are in oppression, and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God and listen to his voice.
- Deuteronomy 31:29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn away from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days, because you will do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.”
- Job 19:25 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
- Isaiah 18:7 In that time, a present will be brought to Yahweh of Armies from a people tall and smooth, even from a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Yahweh of Armies, Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 19:18-23 In that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Yahweh of Armies. One will be called “The city of destruction.” In that day, there will be an altar to Yahweh in the middle of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to Yahweh at its border. It will be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior and a defender, and he will deliver them. Yahweh will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know Yahweh in that day. Yes, they will worship with sacrifice and offering, and will vow a vow to Yahweh, and will perform it. Yahweh will strike Egypt, striking and healing. They will return to Yahweh, and he will be entreated by them, and will heal them. In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
- Isaiah 23:18 Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to Yahweh. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
- Jeremiah 12:15 It will happen that after I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them. I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
- Jeremiah 23:20 Yahweh’s anger will not return until he has executed, and until he has performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.
- Jeremiah 30:24 The fierce anger of Yahweh will not return until he has accomplished, and until he has performed the intentions of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it.”
- Jeremiah 46:26 I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants. Afterwards it will be inhabited, as in the days of old,” says Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 16:53-55 “ ‘ “I will reverse their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of your captives among them; that you may bear your own shame, and may be ashamed because of all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them. Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, will return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters will return to their former estate; and you and your daughters will return to your former estate.
- Daniel 2:28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these:
- Daniel 10:14 Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for many days.”
- Hosea 3:5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.
- Ezekiel 38:8 After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought out of the peoples, and they will dwell securely, all of them.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain Here, as we see, God gives place to his…
Here, as we see, God gives place to his mercy, so that the Moabites should not wholly perish. At the same time, things which seem to be contrary agree together, even that destruction was nigh the people of Moab, and yet that some would remain alive, who would afterwards renew the name of the nation, as it was God’s purpose to restore the Moabites to their former state. These things, as I have said, seem inconsistent, and yet they may be easily reconciled; for it was God’s will so to destroy the Moabites, that those who died might not be without hope; and then, those who remained alive were not deemed to be among the living, but in exile they were like the dead. God, indeed, ever supported the godly with hope, even when they were driven into Babylon: but as to the Moabites, the living as well as the dead, had no hope. Why, then, was this promise given? not for the sake of the Moabites; but that the Jews might feel assured that God would at length be propitious to them; he promises pardon to the Moabites as it were accidentally, so to speak, and thus unavowedly stretches forth his hand to them, but with a design through this mercy to give to the Israelites a taste of his paternal favor. What remains we must reserve for the lecture tomorrow.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, they shall be restored by the Messiah.
That is, they shall be restored by the Messiah.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 48:47 Yet will I bring again the captivity…
Jer 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.
Ver. 47. Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab.] Laetiora demum annuntiat. But because this was never that we find fulfilled in the letter, therefore it was a presage of the calling of the Gentiles to an interest in Christ, and benefit by him.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Some think this prophecy was fulfilled upon the return…
Some think this prophecy was fulfilled upon the return of the Jews out of Babylon, when the Jews inhabited the land of Moab, Zep 2:9; but this doth not seem to be the bringing again the captivity of Moab, but of Judah; besides, in that place it is said that Moab should be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation. It is therefore rather to be understood of a spiritual reduction of them, by calling some of them under the kingdom of the Messiah, as the Jewish doctors themselves interpret it. Some think this a promise rather respecting the Jews than the Moabites; it is said, Jer 48:9, that the remnant of the Lord’s people should possess Moab; and, Jer 48:11, that all the isles of the heathen should worship God.
Thus far is the judgment of Moab: these last words are doubtless to be interpreted rather as a conclusion of this prophecy against Moab, than (as some would have it) as a limitation of the time how long this judgment on Moab should endure, as if thus far were as much as thus long.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Bring again - It seems this is to be…
Bring again - It seems this is to be understood of a spiritual reduction of them, by calling them into the kingdom of the Messiah.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 47. Will I bring again the captivity of…
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.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jer 48:47. Yet will I bring again the captivity…
Jer 48:47. Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab — “The Moabites were afterward restored to their country, as appears from Josephus, Antiq. lib. 13. c. 17. But these and similar promises of mercy after judgment are chiefly to be understood of the conversion of the Gentiles under the gospel, called the latter days in the prophets. The conversion of idolaters is expressed by returning from their captivity, Eze 16:53.” — Lowth. See also Calmet’s Dissertation upon the return of the Moabites, &c.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Bring again the captivity - (Or, “restore the prosperity.”)…
Bring again the captivity - (Or, “restore the prosperity.”) A similar promise is given to Egypt, Ammon, and Elam Jer 46:26; Jer 49:6.
Thus far ... Moab - An editorial note by the same hand as the last words of Jer 51:64.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Days. When they, Elam and the other Gentiles, shall…
Days. When they, Elam and the other Gentiles, shall be converted to the faith of Christ. We read of no other bringing back, (Worthington) though it might take place. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Restoration promised to Moab, for the sake of righteous…
Restoration promised to Moab, for the sake of righteous Lot, their progenitor (Gen 19:37; Exo 20:6; Psa 89:30-33). Compare as to Egypt, Jer 46:26; Ammon, Jer 49:6; Elam, Jer 49:39. Gospel blessings, temporal and spiritual, to the Gentiles in the last days, are intended.
The event of the prophecy as to Ammon preceded that as to Moab (see on Jer 49:3); and in Eze 21:26-28, the destruction of Ammon is subjoined to the deposition of Zedekiah.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 47. bring again] See on Jer_46:26 for possible genuineness.
47. bring again] See on Jer_46:26 for possible genuineness.
Thus far … Moab] an editor’s insertion.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (47) Yet will I bring again . . .—This…
(47) Yet will I bring again . . .—This intermingling of the hope of a far-off return is specially characteristic of these later chapters, as in the case of the Ammonites (Jer_49:6) and Elam (Jer_49:39).
Thus far is the judgment of Moab.—This is very probably originally a note made by editor or transcriber to indicate the close of one section and the beginning of another. A like conclusion meets us in Jer_51:64.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On the phraseology of this verse (omitted in the…
On the phraseology of this verse (omitted in the Septuagint), Jer_29:14 Jer_23:20, and on the brighter prospect held out for Moab, see the analogies given in note on Jer_46:26. Thus far is the judgment of Moab is clearly an editor"s note. (comp. Jer_51:64) "Judgment" as in ver. 21.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 48:47 The Lord would have mercy on Moab; he…
48:47 The Lord would have mercy on Moab; he promised that the people would prosper at some time in the future.
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