Jeremiah 48:42
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against LORD.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.
In Context
43Fear and the pit and the snare are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, says LORD.
Cross References
Psalms 83:4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Proverbs 16:18Pride [is] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Isaiah 37:23Whom have thou defied and blasphemed? And against whom have thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? [Even] against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 48:2The praise of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O madmen, shall be brought to silence. The sword shall pursue thee.
Daniel 11:36And the king shall do according to his will. And he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods. And he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished, for
2 Thessalonians 2:4who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or an object of worship, so as for him to sit in the temple of God, as God, displaying himself that he is God.
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 →