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Jeremiah 48:42

MoabMoab

40 For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.

41 Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.

43 Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.

44 “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
KJV
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.
WEB
Moab will be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against the LORD.
ASV
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah.
DARBY
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah.
BLB
And Moab will be destroyed as a nation, because he has magnified himself against YHWH.
ÅB
Og Moab ødelegges, så det ikke mere er et folk, fordi det har opphøyet seg mot Herren.
OTB
Moab vil bli brakt til ruin som en nasjon fordi hun trosset Herren.
B1930
Og Moab ødelegges, så det ikke mere er et folk, fordi det har ophøiet sig mot Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 48:2

    There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.

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  • Jeremiah 30:11

    For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”

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  • Isaiah 7:8

    For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.

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  • Jeremiah 48:26–30

    “Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.

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  • Isaiah 37:23

    Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

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  • Psalms 83:4–8

    saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

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  • Daniel 11:36

    Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.

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  • Revelation 13:6

    And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.

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