Jeremiah 48:42 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Jeremiah 48:42 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Jeremiah 40-47. The foe swoops down vulture-like ( Jeremiah 4:13 ) on Moab, destroyed because of pride against Yahweh. One disaster succeeds another in this time of punishment (visitation, Jeremia...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  He repeats what we have before observed, that the calamity of Moab would be a just reward for his pride and indeed his sacrilege. The Prophet then says that though God’s vengeance might seem ex...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD. Moab shall be destroyed from being a people - They shall not have a king or civil governor: an...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD. Because he hath magnified himself against the Lord - (note, Jeremiah 48:26 ).

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Against Moab Moab, in recompense for its pride and security, and for its triumphing over Israel in the day of her calamity, shall itself be laid waste and taken captive: cp. the 'burden of Moab 'i...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Moab shall be destroyed... — What is predicted is not annihilation (see Jeremiah 48:47 ), but the loss of national independence. And the cause of this punishment is once more asserted. With Moab,...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XIX MOAB Jeremiah 48:1-47 "Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah."- Jeremiah 48:42 "Chemosh said to me, Go, take Nebo agains...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The word of the Lord concerning Moab is a judgment, which nevertheless closes with a gleam of hope. The judgment is described, first, from the standpoint of the scourge. The widespread extent of it i...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  It would swell our Commentary to a length indeed, to enter minutely into the several branches of the visitations here set forth. Indeed it would only when done, tend to confirm what hardly needs furt...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 b...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Moab shall be destroyed from [being] a people, because he hath magnified [himself] against the LORD. Ver. 42. Because he hath magnified himself against the Lord, ] i.e., Against his people,...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Behold, he shall fly as an eagle Conquerors are often compared to eagles and other birds of prey; and the encamping of their armies is represented by the spreading of the wings of such fowls. The...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Judgment of Moab. B. C. 605.       14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  That is, for a time; see Jeremiah 48:47 ; or being such a people as it hath been, so full of splendour and glory. The reason given is the same with that Jeremiah 48:26 .

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  D). Prophecy Against Moab ( Jeremiah 48:1-47 ). Whilst the Philistines were a constant trouble to Israel/Judah from the west, mainly troubling western Israel/Judah, eastern Israel/Judah, especiall...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter .—Naegelsbach suggests, with ample justification, that “this prophecy certainly belongs to the time of Jehoiakim, and before the fourth y...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jeremiah 48:1 . Against Moab, saith the Lord. Isaiah had prophesied of the devastation of Moab by Salmaneser: chap. 15, 16. Jeremiah here speaks of the terrible conquest of the country by Nebuchad...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This prophecy is so full of repetitions that the question has naturally arisen whether the most prominent of these may not be due to interpolation. For instance: 1 . Jeremiah 48:29-...

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Lamentation over Moab

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• Jeremiah 48:42 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Thessalonians 2:4 ; Daniel 11:36 ; Esther 3:8-13 ; Isaiah 37:23 ; Isaiah 7:8 ; Jeremiah 30:11 ; Jeremiah 48:2 ; Jeremiah 48:26-30 ; Matthew 7:2 ; Proverbs 16:18 ; Psalms 83:4-8 ; Revela...

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