And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Yahweh.
- BSB Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted 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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Quick answer
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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- Jer 48:2There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
- Isa 7:8For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
- Isa 37:23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
- Matt 7:2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
- Prov 16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
- Jer 30:11For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
- Dan 11:36And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
- Jer 48:26–30Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
- Rev 13:6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
- Ps 83:4–8They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
- 2 Th 2:4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
- Esth 3:8–13And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
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