Jeremías 48:29

29 Todos hemos oído de la soberbia de Moab,
porque su orgullo es muy grande.
Sabemos de su orgullo altanero,
de su arrogancia y de su corazón altivo.

Jeremías 48:29 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:29

We have heard the pride of Moab
Israel, and all the nations round about, had heard of this, and seen or heard of many instances of it; the thing was notorious; according to Kimchi, it is the prophet that here speaks in the name of the nations; but it seems best to understand it of the Lord himself, as appears from the ( Jeremiah 48:30 ) ; and who here speaks in the plural number, because of the plurality of persons in the Godhead; as he afterwards does in the singular number, to denote the unity of the divine essence: (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his
pride, and the haughtiness of his heart;
a heap of words to express the same thing; suggesting that the instances of his pride were many, and that it was exceeding great indeed: these many words were little enough; and indeed words were wanting fully to declare it. The same was observed in Isaiah's time, and in much the same language; only more words are here used, to show that his pride was increased since that time; see ( Isaiah 16:6 ) .

Jeremías 48:29 In-Context

27 ¿No ridiculizaste tú a los israelitas?
¿Fueron ellos acaso sorprendidos en compañía de ladrones
para que tú los desprecies como lo haces?

28 »Ustedes, habitantes de Moab,
huyan de sus ciudades y vivan en cuevas.
Escóndanse como palomas que anidan
en las hendiduras de las rocas.

29 Todos hemos oído de la soberbia de Moab,
porque su orgullo es muy grande.
Sabemos de su orgullo altanero,
de su arrogancia y de su corazón altivo.

30 Yo conozco su insolencia
—dice el Señor
—,
pero sus alardes están vacíos,
tan vacíos como sus hechos.

31 Así que ahora gimo por Moab,
de veras, me lamentaré por Moab.
Mi corazón está quebrantado por los hombres de Kir-hareset.