Jer 48:44 | NETfull | STEP | Anyone who flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap. For the time is coming when I will punish the people of Moab. I, the Lord , affirm it!

Jeremiah 48:44

44 Anyone who flees at the sound of terror
will fall into a pit.
Anyone who climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a trap. ^{▼▼ Jer 48:43–44a are in the main the same as Isa 24:17–18 which shows that the judgment was somewhat proverbial. For a very similar kind of argumentation see Amos 5:19; judgment is unavoidable.}
For the time is coming
when I will punish the people of Moab. ^{▼▼ Heb “For I will bring upon her, even upon Moab, the year of her punishment.”}
I, the Lord, affirm it! ^{▼▼ Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”}