Verse 47
Yet Yahweh promised to restore the fortunes of Moab in the distant future (cf. Jeremiah 46:26; Jeremiah 49:6; Jeremiah 49:39). This happened after the Exile, and it will happen in the eschaton when modern residents of Moab’s territory will stream to Jerusalem to worship Messiah in the Millennium. [Note: Feinberg, "Jeremiah," p. 663; Dyer, "Jeremiah," p. 1197.]
The reasons for Moab’s judgment were not its treatment of Israel or Judah, but hubris (overweening pride) against Yahweh (Jeremiah 48:26; Jeremiah 48:42), complacency (Jeremiah 48:11-12), and self-sufficiency (Jeremiah 48:14; Jeremiah 48:29-30). She had not bowed in submission to the Lord of all the earth.
The fulfillment of Moab’s judgment evidently came when Nebuchadnezzar returned to Canaan, in 581 B.C., to quell a rebellion by Moab and Ammon. [Note: Josephus, 10:9:7.] He also took more Judahites back to Babylon with him when he returned home (Jeremiah 52:30).
"The Moabites were conquered by Nebuchadnezzar and disappeared as a nation." [Note: Feinberg, "Jeremiah," p. 656.]
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