16"The fall of Moab is at hand; her calamity will come quickly.


In Context

13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.

14 "How can you say, 'We are warriors, men valiant in battle'?

15 Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded; her finest young men will go down in the slaughter," declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.

16 "The fall of Moab is at hand; her calamity will come quickly.

17 Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know her fame; say, 'How broken is the mighty scepter, how broken the glorious staff!'

18 "Come down from your glory and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitants of the Daughter of Dibon, for he who destroys Moab will come up against you and ruin your fortified cities.

Jeremiah 48:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:16The calamity of Moab [is] near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:16The destruction of Moab is near to come: the calamity thereof shall come on exceeding swiftly.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:16Near is the calamity of Moab to come, And his affliction hath hasted exceedingly.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hastens fast.