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

near

Jeremiah 1:12 And the Lord said to me: Thou hast seen well: for I will watch over my word to perform it.

Deuteronomy 32:35 Revenge is mine, and I will repay them in due time, that their foot may slide: the day of destruction is at hand, and the time makes haste to come.

Isaiah 13:22 And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure.

Isaiah 16:13,14 This is the word, that the Lord spoke to Moab from that time: . . .

Ezekiel 12:23,28 Say to them therefore: Thus saith the Lord God: I will make this proverb to cease, neither shall it be any more a common saying in Israel: and tell them that the days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. . . .

2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not: and their perdition slumbereth not.

Context
The Judgment on Moab
15Moab is laid waste, and they have cast down her cities: and her choice young men are gone down to the slaughter: saith the king, whose name is the Lord of hosts. 16The destruction of Moab is near to come: the calamity thereof shall come on exceeding swiftly.17Comfort him, all you that are round about him, and all you that know his name, say: How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod?…
Cross References
Proverbs 7:23
Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Isaiah 13:22
And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure.

Lexicon
Moab’s
מוֹאָ֖ב (mō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled

calamity
אֵיד־ (’êḏ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 343: Oppression, misfortune, ruin

is at hand,
קָר֥וֹב (qā·rō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7138: Near

and his affliction
וְרָ֣עָת֔וֹ (wə·rā·‘ā·ṯōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

is rushing
מִהֲרָ֖ה (mi·hă·rāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly

swiftly.
מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily


Additional Translations
Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hastens fast.

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

The day of Moab is near at hand, and his iniquity moves swiftly to vengeance.

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

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

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

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

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