Introduction
C. The oracle against Moab ch. 48
This oracle is similar to the one in Isaiah 15, 16. [Note: See Feinberg, "Jeremiah," p. 662, for a chart of the similar verses.] Other oracles against Moab appear in Ezekiel 25:8-11, Amos 2:1-3, and Zephaniah 2:9, but this is the longest one. It is very difficult to say when Jeremiah gave this oracle, but it may have been one complete message.
"Moab joined in the marauding bands Nebuchadnezzar sent against Judah in 602 B.C., after Jehoiakim’s revolt (cf. 2 Kings 24:2; Jeremiah 12:7-13). They joined in a plot to revolt against Babylon early in Zedekiah’s reign (cf. Jeremiah 27:1-11)." [Note: Ibid., p. 656. See Harrison, Jeremiah and . . ., p. 174, or any good Bible dictionary or encyclopedia, for a brief history of Moab.]
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