Jeremiah 48:42

42 "Moab will be ¹destroyed from being a people Because he has become ²arrogant toward the LORD.

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 the LORD : "Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab.

41 "Kerioth has been captured And the strongholds have been seized, So the hearts of the mighty men of Moab in that day Will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

42 "Moab will be destroyed from being a people Because he has become arrogant toward the LORD .

43 "Terror, pit and snare are coming upon you, O inhabitant of Moab," declares the LORD .

44 "The one who flees from the terror Will fall into the pit, And the one who climbs up out of the pit Will be caught in the snare; For I shall bring upon her, even upon Moab, The year of their punishment," declares the LORD .

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 83:4; Jeremiah 48:2
• 2. Isaiah 37:23; Jeremiah 48:26

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "magnified himself against"