Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Yahweh.
- KJV And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.
- NKJV And Moab shall be destroyed as a people, Because he exalted himself against the Lord.
- NASB “Moab will be destroyed from being a people Because he has become arrogant toward the Lord.
- NLT Moab will no longer be a nation, for it has boasted against the Lord.
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Moab will be destroyed as a people because she exalted herself against the LORD.
Overview
The reason for Moab's destruction is stated plainly: her self-exaltation against God. Pride against the Almighty is the fatal sin that brings her to ruin. This explicit verdict reinforces the consistent biblical teaching that God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble, grace supremely shown in Christ.
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Cross-references · 12
- Jer 48:2There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
- Isa 7:8For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
- Isa 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- Matt 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
- Prov 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Jer 30:11For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
- Dan 11:36Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
- Jer 48:26–30“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
- Rev 13:6And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
- Ps 83:4–8saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
- 2 Th 2:4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
- Esth 3:8–13Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
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