Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 48:44
He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, [even] upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
44. Co. considers “for I will bring saith the Lord” to be genuinely Jeremianic.
the year of their visitation ] Cp. Jer 11:23, Jer 23:12.
45 47 are wanting in the LXX and are pretty clearly an insertion. The greater part of Jer 48:45 f. is from Num 21:28 f., Num 24:17.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
44. When thou thinkest thou hastescaped one kind of danger, a fresh one will start up.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
He that fleeth from the fear,…. From terrible enemies he is afraid of, and dares not face them, but flees, in order to escape them:
shall fall into the pit; into some misfortune or another:
and he that getteth out of the pit shall be taken in the snare; laid by the enemy for him, and so shall fall into his hands. Sanctius very ingeniously observes that the allusion is to the hunting of deer, and such like creatures; when first a line of feathers of various colours is placed to frighten them; and if they get over that, then there is a pit dug for them, to catch them in; and if they get out of that, a snare is laid to take them; so that they rarely escape: and thus it would be with the Moabites, if they got rid of a first and second danger, a third would involve them; their destruction was certain, as follows; see Isa 24:18;
for I will bring upon it, [even] upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord; in a way of wrath and punishment; for which there was a time fixed, and was now at hand, and would quickly take place, according to the will and word of the Lord, of which Moab might be assured; who is expressed by name, for the sake of explanation, and that it might be manifest who was intended.
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Now all this has not been expressed without reason, because we know with how many flatteries men are wont to delude themselves when God summons them to judgment; for they immediately look around here and there, and promise themselves impunity, and then they hope for light punishment, as though they were at peace with God. But the unbelieving harden themselves, as Isaiah says, as though they had made a covenant with death and a compact with hell. (Isa 28:15.) As, then, the wicked set up security in opposition to God, the Prophet here shews that there are many ways in his hand, by which he can take the fugitives, and those who seem to think that they can escape through their own astuteness; and hence he said, He who flees from terror, that is, from present danger, shall fall into the pit, that is, when the Moabites shall now think themselves secure, they shall meet with new dangers, and new deaths will surround them.
But we must notice what is added at the end of the verse, Because I will bring on Moab the year of their visitation Here God sustains the minds of the godly, that they might not faint on account of long delay. As, then, the faithful might have been worn out with weariness while God prolonged the time as to the Moabites, the Prophet says, “Come at length shall the year of their visitation.” For as it has been stated elsewhere, by this mode of speaking God intimates that though he for a time passes by things and connives at them, he will at length show himself to be the judge of the world. We would have God ever to act in haste; and hence, when he exhorts us to patience, all our feelings rebel. This happens, because we do not consider that the fitness of times is determined by his will. Hence he speaks now of the year of visitation, as though he had said, “I may for a time appear to disregard human affairs and to neglect my own, while my people are cruelly oppressed by the wicked; but the time of visitation will come.” For by this word “visitation,” God means that there are changes, or, as they commonly say, revolutions, which are fixed and certain. We now then understand the design of God, when he says, that he would bring a visitation on the Moabites. It follows, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Jer 48:44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, [even] upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
Ver. 44. He that seeth. ] See Isa 24:18 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the fear . . . the pit . . . the pit . . . in the snare. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia. Hebrew. happa-had . . . happahath . . . happahath . . . bepah.
the year of their visitation. See note on Jer 8:12.
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that fleeth: Jer 16:16, 1Ki 19:17, 1Ki 20:30, Isa 37:36-38, Amo 2:14, Amo 2:15, Amo 5:19, Amo 9:1-4
the year: Jer 8:12, Jer 10:15, Jer 11:23, Jer 23:12, Jer 46:21, Jer 51:18, Isa 10:3, Hos 9:7, Mic 7:4
Reciprocal: Gen 14:10 – fell 1Sa 15:32 – Agag said 2Sa 18:9 – taken up Job 20:24 – flee from Isa 24:17 – and the pit Jer 25:35 – nor Jer 49:8 – for Jer 50:27 – their day Lam 3:47 – Fear Eze 15:7 – they shall Eze 17:21 – all his fugitives Mic 6:14 – and thou Luk 21:35 – as
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Jer 48:44. The varied experiences of escaping from one difficulty only to run into another describes the things that were destined to come upon the land of Moab. Year of their visitation means the. year when God would visit Moab with his punishments.