Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 48:43
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
43, 44. Cp. Isa 24:17 f. and probably a proverb in frequent use. We cannot reproduce in English the assonance paad vpaath vp. See on Lam 3:47.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 43. Fear, and the pit, and the snare] See the note on Isa 24:17-18.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
These three words,
fear, pit, snare, signify no more than a variety of dangers that should be on all sides of them, so as if any escaped one danger, he should presently meet with another, for this was the time when the Lord was resolved to punish all the inhabitants of the land of Moab.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
43, 44. (See on Isa24:17, 18).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee,…. A proverbial expression, showing, that if they escaped one danger, or sore judgment, they should fall into another and greater: the words seem to be taken from Isa 24:17;
[See comments on Isa 24:17];
O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord; what in the prophecy of Isaiah is said of the inhabitants of the earth in general, is here applied to the inhabitants of Moab in particular.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
By these words the Prophet skews, that though the Moabites should adopt many means of escape, yet they should be taken, for God’s hand would everywhere entrap them. He mentions terror first, then the pit, and thirdly, the snare, (24) that is, “Thou wilt be so frightened that terror will compel thee to flee; but when thou fleest, pits will be in the way into which thou wilt fall: but if thou wilt rise from the pit, snares will surround thee, and thou wilt be taken.” We then see that by these similitudes nothing else is meant but God’s judgment, which impended over the Moabites, so that it could by no means be averted by them; for no ways could be found out by which they could escape, because fear would force them to flee, and would, as it is usually the case, deprive them of mind and thought, and thus they would be driven here and there, and could not move from any place without meeting with a pit, and, as it has been said, after the pit there would be the snare.
(24) There is a striking alliteration in these words, fear, pit, snare — peched, pechet, pech. — Ed.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(43)Fear, and the pit, and the snare.The words are a reproduction of Isa. 24:17, which had probably passed into something like proverbial use. The sequence in each case shows that each word plays a distinct part in the imagery. First there is the terror of the animal pursued by huntsmen, then the pit dug in the earth that it may fall into it (Psa. 7:15; Pro. 26:27; Ecc. 10:8); then, if it scrambles out of the pit, the snare or trap which finally secures it.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 48:43-44. Fear Terror.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Jer 48:43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
Ver. 43. Fear and the pit. ] See Isa 24:17 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Fear = Terror.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Deu 32:23-25, Psa 11:6, Isa 24:17, Isa 24:18, Lam 3:47
Reciprocal: Job 20:24 – flee from Isa 15:9 – more Eze 15:7 – they shall Amo 5:19 – As if Luk 21:35 – as
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 48:43. A pit indicates a place into which one might fall, and a snare means an instrument in which one would be caught. Both terms are used to indicate the downward piunge that the people of Moab would take in the hour of their adversity.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
48:43 {y} Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
(y) He that escapes one danger will be taken by another, Isa 24:17 .
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
Escape would be unavoidable. If a person escaped one form of judgment, another one would get him. The Lord’s devices would trap the people just as certainly as hunters used terror, pits, and snares to capture animals. This would happen at the Lord’s appointed time. The three snares all begin with the same letters in Hebrew, forming a triple assonance.