48:44 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. 1
For the time is coming
when I will punish the people of Moab. 2
I, the Lord, affirm it! 3
1 sn 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.
2 tn Heb “For I will bring upon her, even upon Moab, the year of her punishment.”
3 tn Heb “Oracle of the