Jeremiah 48:42

42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation because she defied the LORD.

Jeremiah 48:42 in Other Translations

42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.

42 Moab shall be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he magnified himself against the LORD.

42 Moab will no longer be a nation, for it has boasted against the LORD .

42 There'll be nothing left of Moab, nothing at all, because of his defiant arrogance against me.

42 Moab will be destroyed as a people because he has exalted himself against 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 This is what the LORD says: “Look! An eagle is swooping down, spreading its wings over Moab.

41 Kerioth will be captured and the strongholds taken. In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation because she defied the LORD.

43 Terror and pit and snare await you, you people of Moab,” declares the LORD.

44 “Whoever flees from the terror will fall into a pit, whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare; for I will bring on Moab the year of her punishment,” declares the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 83:4; S Isaiah 16:14
• 2. ver 2
• 3. S ver 26