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Jeremiah 48:42

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Jeremiah 48:42 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah.
Jeremiah 48:42 — American Standard Version

Context — Jeremiah 48

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
39How is it broken down! [how] do they wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.
40For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
41Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
42And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah.
43Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.
44He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
45They that fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Moab shall be destroyed from [being] a people, etc.] For some time, not always; since the captivity of Moab is promised to be returned, (<244847>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 “<244826>Jeremiah 48:26”).”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“(See on Jer 48:26).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Moab: Moab has long since ceased to be a nation; while the Jews, agreeably to the Divine promise ( Jer 46:28), though successively subdued and oppressed by the Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Syro-Macedonians, and Romans (which have also all passed away, and are no more), and dispersed over the face of the earth, subsist to this day as a distinct people from all the nations of the world! from: Jer 48:2, Jer 30:11; Est 3:8-13; Psa 83:4-8; Isa 7:8; Mat 7:2 magnified: Jer 48:26-30; Pro 16:18; Isa 37:23; Dan 11:36; Th2 2:4; Rev 13:6 Jeremiah 48:43”
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