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When Jeremiah ministered in the late seventh to early sixth century BC, he delivered a prophecy about Moab, a region located east of the Dead Sea in what is now central Jordan. In the final line of this prophetic message, he affirmed God’s ultimate plan to bring hope to this nation by stating, "Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days," declares the LORD. Thus far the judgment on Moab (v. 47). This promise appears at the culmination of a lengthy warning of doom, indicating the thoroughness of divine justice and the reality that the same God who punishes wrongdoing is also willing to offer restoration in due season.
Moab held a complicated role in Israel’s history, often vacillating between aggression and uneasy alliance. By the time of Jeremiah, Moab had faced multiple conflicts, including periods of oppression by Israel and incursions by powerful empires like Babylon. The powerful assurance, "I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days" (v. 47), emphasizes the LORD’s oversight across national boundaries and His intention to gather those who humbly turn to Him. This conditional merciful outcome can be compared with God’s overarching redemptive plan, later revealed in the New Testament through Jesus, which extends hope to any people who repent and seek Him (Romans 3:29).
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