Text: Jeremiah 48:28-47
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 24:17
Subject: Balaam's Moab prophecy fulfilled
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Anchor Text: Num 24:17 — Star Out of Jacob
Significance: Numbers 24:17 prophesies through Balaam: "A star shall come out of Jacob... He shall crush the forehead of Moab." Jeremiah 48:28-47 details the historical fulfillment of this oracle in an extended judgment on Moab, cataloging the devastation of its cities and territories. Jeremiah's oracle draws on the Numbers tradition with multiple verbal echoes including Moabite place names and the language of destruction. The prophet treats Balaam's ancient oracle not as spent prophecy but as a still-operative divine word, finding its fuller enactment through the Babylonian conquest of Moab.