Jeremiah 48:29
We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud, his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
30I know his wrath, says LORD, that it is nothing. His boastings have wrought nothing.
Cross References
Job 40:10Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity, and array thyself with honor and majesty.
Proverbs 8:13The fear of LORD is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 30:13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up.
Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud, even of his arrogance, and his pride, and his wrath. His boastings are nothing.
Zephaniah 2:8I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the sons of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
James 4:6But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:15-47
The Judgment of Moab. ( b. c. 605.) 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts. 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. 17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy… Read the whole commentary →