Jeremiah 48:30

30 I know her insolence but it is futile,” declares the LORD, “and her boasts accomplish nothing.

Jeremiah 48:30 in Other Translations

30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.

30 I know his insolence, declares the Lord; his boasts are false, his deeds are false.

30 I know about his insolence,” says the LORD, “but his boasts are empty— as empty as his deeds.

30 I know" - God's Decree - "his rooster-crowing pride, the inflated claims, the sheer nothingness of Moab.

30 I know his wrath, saith Jehovah, that it is nought; his boastings have wrought nothing.

30 I know how arrogant they are," declares the LORD, "but it isn't right. They brag and don't do what they say.

30 I know his outburst. [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration. It is empty. His boast is empty.

30 I know how rude they are. But it will not get them anywhere," announces the Lord. "Their bragging does not accomplish anything.

Jeremiah 48:30 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:30

I know his wrath, saith the Lord
Against the Jews, and other nations; what he has threatened to do unto them, and would do if not restrained: but [it shall] not [be] so;
as he has devised in his mind, and threatened in his wrath; all his swelling thoughts and big words shall come to nothing: his lies shall not so effect [it];
it shall not be according to his words; they will prove lies, and of no effect. Kimchi interprets it of the sons of Moab, who shall not be able to do what they thought to do; and Jarchi of his mighty ones; and the Targum of his nobles, paraphrasing it,

``and their nobles are not right, they do not as is becoming;''

perhaps it may be better understood of his diviners and soothsayers, as the word is used in ( Isaiah 44:25 ) ; and be rendered, "his diviners have not done right" ^F6; they have deceived him with their lying oracles; swelled him with pride; and brought him to ruin, he trusting to them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (wve Nk al wydb) "vaniloqui ejus non rectum fecerunt", Cocceius. So R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 38. 1.

Jeremiah 48:30 In-Context

28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks, you who live in Moab. Be like a dove that makes its nest at the mouth of a cave.

29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride— how great is her arrogance!— of her insolence, her pride, her conceit and the haughtiness of her heart.

30 I know her insolence but it is futile,” declares the LORD, “and her boasts accomplish nothing.

31 Therefore I wail over Moab, for all Moab I cry out, I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.

32 I weep for you, as Jazer weeps, you vines of Sibmah. Your branches spread as far as the sea ; they reached as far as Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your ripened fruit and grapes.

Cross References

• 1. S Psalms 10:3