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John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 48:42

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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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