Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
Jeremiah 48:42 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Moab will be destroyed as a people because he has exalted himself against the Lord. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Moab shall be destroyed from being a nation, because he has magnified himself against the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah. Common English Bible Moab will be destroyed once and for all because it has exalted itself above the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And Moab will cease to be a people. For he has been glorified against the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Moab shall cease to be a people: because he hath gloried against the Lord. |
Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
And now the Lord says, ‘In three years, as a hired worker counts years, Moab’s splendour will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.’
Who is it you have mocked and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
The chief city of Aram is Damascus, the chief of Damascus is Rezin (within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),
For I will be with you – this is the Lord’s declaration – to save you! I will bring destruction on all the nations where I have scattered you; however, I will not bring destruction on you. I will discipline you justly, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
There is no longer praise for Moab; they plan harm against her in Heshbon: Come, let’s cut her off from nationhood. Also, Madmen, you will be silenced; the sword will follow you.
You boasted against me with your mouth, and spoke many words against me. I heard it myself!
‘Then the king will do whatever he wants. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will say outrageous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, because what has been decreed will be accomplished.
For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use.
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God’s temple, proclaiming that he himself is God.
It began to speak blasphemies against God: to blaspheme his name and his dwelling #– #those who dwell in heaven.