“The disaster of Moab will soon come, And his catastrophe has hurried quickly.
Parallel translations
- WEB “The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.
- KJV The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth 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.
- 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 13:22Wolves will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
- Deut 32:35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”
- Isa 16:13–14This is the word that Yahweh spoke concerning Moab in time past.
- Jer 1:12Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”
- Ezek 12:23Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel;”’ but tell them, ‘“The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.
- Ezek 12:28“Therefore tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “None of my words shall be deferred any more, but the word which I speak will be performed,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”
- 2 Pet 2:3In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
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