The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Jeremiah 48:16 belongs to Jeremiah's prophecy of judgment against Moab, one of the national judgments in Jeremiah 46-51 against the kingdoms surrounding Israel. It stands alongside his prophecies concerning Egypt, Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Elam, and the doom of Babylon among the closing chapters of Jeremiah covering his personal experiences and his going into Egypt.
It declares that Moab's calamity is near to come and its affliction hastens fast, foretelling Moab's near fall. That fall would come before the mighty conqueror Nebuchadnezzar.
Jeremiah 48:16 belongs to Jeremiah's prophecy of judgment against Moab, one of the national judgments in Jeremiah 46-51 against the kingdoms surrounding Israel. It stands alongside his prophecies concerning Egypt, Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Elam, and the doom of Babylon among the closing chapters of Jeremiah covering his personal experiences and his going into Egypt.
It declares that Moab's calamity is near to come and its affliction hastens fast, foretelling Moab's near fall. That fall would come before the mighty conqueror Nebuchadnezzar.