Jeremiah 48:47

Jeremiah 48:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
• New International Version (NIV)“Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in days to come,” declares the Lord. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, declares the Lord." Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Yet I will bring back the captives of Moab In the latter days,” says the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

Context of Jeremiah 48:47

45“In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stop, exhausted, for fire breaks out of Heshbon flame from within Sihon, and it singes the foreheads and the scalps of Moab’s noisy sons. 46Oy to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished! For your sons are taken away captive and your daughters into exile. Yet I will restore Moab from exile in the end of days.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “Until then this is the judgment of Moab.”

Jeremiah 48:47 word by word

וְשַׁבְתִּ֧י שְׁבוּת־מוֹאָ֛ב בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית הַיָּמִ֖ים נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה עַד־הֵ֖נָּה מִשְׁפַּ֥ט מוֹאָֽב׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet will I bring againשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• the captivityשְׁבִיתshebûth shebîyth · captivityH7622
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• in the latterאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Thus farהֵ֫נָּהhênnâh · here/thusH2008
• the judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:47

• Jeremiah 46:26I will hand them over to those seeking their lives, into the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his servants. Yet afterwards it will be inhabited, as in the days of old.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Jeremiah 49:6Yet afterward I will restore Ammon’s children from exile.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Isaiah 18:7At that time tribute will be brought to Adonai-Tzva’ot from a nation tall and smooth-skinned, from a people feared far and wide, a nation powerful and oppressive, whose land the rivers divide— to the place of the Name of Adonai-Tzva’ot—Mount Zion!
• Isaiah 19:18In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan, swearing allegiance to Adonai-Tzva’ot. One used to be called the City of the Sun.
• Isaiah 23:18Yet her profit and her wages will be set apart to Adonai. They will not be stored up or hoarded. For her profit will be for those who dwell in the presence of Adonai, as ample food and as fine clothing.
• Ezekiel 16:53“I will return their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and along with them, your own captivity.
• Jeremiah 23:20The anger of Adonai will not turn until He has executed and fulfilled the purposes of His heart. In the last days you will discern it clearly.
• Jeremiah 30:24Adonai’s fierce anger will not turn back until He has done it, until He fulfills the purposes of His heart. in the last days you will understand it.
• Numbers 24:14Now, behold, I am going back to my people. Come, let me counsel you what these people will do to your people in the latter days.
• Deuteronomy 4:30“When you are in distress and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you will return to Adonai your God and listen to His voice.
• Deuteronomy 31:29For I know that after my death you will certainly act corruptly and turn aside from the way I have commanded you. So evil will fall upon you in the latter days, because you will do what is evil in the sight of Adonai, provoking Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
• Job 19:25“Yet I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end, He will stand on earth.
• Ezekiel 38:8After many days you will be summoned. In the latter years, you will come against the land that has been brought back from the sword and regathered from many peoples on the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. But they were brought out from the peoples. When all of them are dwelling securely,
• Daniel 2:28But, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar the things that will happen in the latter days. The dream and the visions that went through your head as you lay on your bed are these.
• Daniel 10:14Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the future days. For the vision concerns days yet to come.’
• Hosea 3:5Afterwards, Bnei-Yisrael will return, and they will seek Adonai their God and David their king. Then they will turn in awe to Adonai and to His goodness in the last days.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 47Will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days - I have already expressed doubts (see Jeremiah 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47Bring again the captivity - (Or, “restore the prosperity.”) A similar promise is given to Egypt, Ammon, and Elam Jeremiah 46:26; Jeremiah 49:6. Thus far … Moab - An editorial note by the same hand as the last words of Jeremiah 51:64.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-47Verses 14-47 . The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of God and of his wrath, than to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 47The Lord promised to show mercy to Moab. He said the people would prosper in the future.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4747. Restoration promised to Moab, for the sake of righteous Lot, their progenitor (Ge 19:37; Ex 20:6; Psa 89:30-33). Compare as to Egypt, Jr 46:26; Ammon, Jr 49:6; Elam, Jr 49:39. Gospel blessings, temporal and spiritual, to the Gentiles in the last days, are intended.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Latter Days
• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Horn
• Plant
• Eschatology of the Old Testament

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings