Jeremiah 48:1-47
“Moab is destroyed, and gone up out of her cities... Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence... Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD.”
King James Version
Jeremiah's oracle against Moab — her cities destroyed, her god Chemosh shamed, with a closing promise to restore Moab's fortunes in the latter days.
Fulfillment References
Isaiah 15:1-16:14 Ezekiel 25:8-11 Zephaniah 2:8-11 Numbers 21:29
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalChemosh is shamed before the one true God, whose judgment and mercy together govern the nations.
JewishJudgment on Moab for pride and hostility, with the notable closing hope of restoration 'in the latter days.'
CatholicThe humbling of the proud nation and the shaming of its idol, tempered by a promise of eventual mercy.
ProtestantA fulfilled judgment on Moab; the 'latter days' restoration is read variously as historical or eschatological.
OrthodoxGod's judgment on idolatry and pride, with mercy held out.
DispensationalFulfilled history; the 'latter days' restoration of Moab is read as a literal future blessing.
AcademicMuch of Jeremiah 48 parallels Isaiah 15-16; scholars note Moab's absorption after the Babylonian/Persian periods and discuss the shared oracle traditions and the Mesha Stele's witness to Moab-Israel conflict.
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