Jeremiah 48:43
ContextNETBible | Terror, pits, and traps 1 are in store for the people who live in Moab. 2 I, the Lord, affirm it! 3 |
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1 sn There is an extended use of assonance here and in the parallel passage in Isa 24:17. The Hebrew text reads פַּחַד וָפַחַת וָפָח (pakhad vafakhat vafakh). The assonance is intended to underscore the extensive trouble that is in store for them. 2 tn Heb “are upon you, inhabitant of Moab.” This is another example of the rapid switch in person or direct address (apostrophe) in the midst of a third person description or prediction which the present translation typically keeps in the third person for smoother English style. 3 tn Heb “Oracle of the |