Jeremiah 48:42
And Moab shall cease to be a people : because he hath gloried against the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 come upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
Cross References
Psalms 83:4They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have consulted against thy saints.
Proverbs 16:18Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.
Isaiah 37:23Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed, and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 48:2There is no more rejoicing in Moab over Hesebon: they have devised evil. Come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Therefore shalt thou in silence hold thy peace, and the sword shall follow thee.
Daniel 11:36And the king shall do according to his will, and he shall be lifted up, and shall magnify himself against every god: and he shall speak great things against the God of gods, and shall prosper, till the wrath be accomplished. For the determination is made.
2 Thessalonians 2:4Who opposeth, and is lifted up above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself as if he were 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 →