Jeremiah 48:42

42 And Moab will be destroyed from [being] a people, because against Yahweh he magnified himself.

Jeremiah 48:42 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:42

And Moab shall be destroyed from [being] a people
For some time, not always; since the captivity of Moab is promised to be returned, ( Jeremiah 48:47 ) ; or from being such a people as they had been, enjoying so much ease, wealth, power, and prosperity. Abarbinel takes it to be a comparative, and renders it, "more than a people"; that is, shall be destroyed more than any other people; but the former sense is best; because he hath magnified [himself] against the Lord;
the Targum is, against the people of the Lord; this is the cause of his destruction; (See Gill on Jeremiah 48:26).

Jeremiah 48:42 In-Context

40 For thus says Yahweh, "Look, like an eagle he will swoop down, and he will spread out his wings against Moab.

41 Kerioth will be taken, and the strongholds will be conquered, and the hearts of the warriors of Moab will be on that day like [the] heart of a woman [who] is in labor.

42 And Moab will be destroyed from [being] a people, because against Yahweh he magnified himself.

43 Dread, and pit, and a trapping net [are] against you, O inhabitant of Moab," {declares} Yahweh.

44 "He [who] flees {before} the dread will fall into the pit, and the [one who] climbs up from the pit will be caught in the trapping net, for I will bring on Moab the year of their punishment," {declares} Yahweh.