The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Parallel translations
- WEB “The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.
- BSB Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
- NKJV “The calamity of Moab is near at hand, And his affliction comes quickly.
- NASB “The disaster of Moab will soon come, And his catastrophe has hurried quickly.
- NLT “Destruction is coming fast for Moab; calamity threatens ominously.
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Quick answer
Moab's calamity is near and her disaster is rushing swiftly upon her.
Overview
The prophet declares the imminence and speed of Moab's coming ruin. There is no time to escape the appointed judgment. The nearness of the day calls hearers to sober readiness, echoing the wider biblical summons to repent before the day of the LORD comes upon those who refuse His mercy.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Isa 13:22And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
- Deut 32:35To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
- Isa 16:13–14This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
- Jer 1:12Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
- Ezek 12:23Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
- Ezek 12:28Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.
- 2 Pet 2:3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
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