Before destruction comes pride, And before a fall a haughty spirit!
Jeremiah 48:42 - The Scriptures 2009 “And Mo’aḇ shall be destroyed as a people, because he has made himself great against יהוה. 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. |
Before destruction comes pride, And before a fall a haughty spirit!
But now יהוה has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as the years of a hired man, the esteem of Mo’aḇ is to be despised with all its great throng, and the remnant be few, small and weak.”
“Whom have you reproached and reviled? And against whom have you raised your voice, and lifted up your eyes in pride? Against the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl!
“For the head of Aram is Dammeseq, and the head of Dammeseq is Retsin. And within sixty-five years Ephrayim is to be broken as a people.
For I am with you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to save you. Though I make a complete end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I do not make a complete end of you. But I shall reprove you in judgment, and by no means leave you unpunished.’
“There is praise for Mo’aḇ no longer. In Ḥeshbon they have devised evil against her, ‘Come and let us cut it off as a nation.’ O Maḏmĕn, you are also cut off, a sword goes after you.
“And with your mouth you have boasted against Me and increased your words against Me – I Myself have heard.”
“And the sovereign shall do as he pleases, and exalt himself and show himself to be great above every mighty one, and speak incredible matters against the Ěl of mighty ones, and shall prosper until the wrath has been accomplished – for what has been decreed shall be done –
“For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged. And with the same measure you use, it shall be measured to you.
who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called Elohim or that is worshipped, so that he sits as Elohim in the Dwelling Place of Elohim, showing himself that he is Elohim.
And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against Elohim, to blaspheme His Name, and His Tent, and those dwelling in the heaven.