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John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 48:43

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee, etc.] A proverbial expression, showing, that if they escaped one danger, or sore judgment, they should fall into another and greater: the words seem to be taken from (<232417>Isaiah 24:17). O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord; what in the prophecy of Isaiah is said of the inhabitants of the earth in general, is here applied to the inhabitants of Moab in particular.
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