And Moab shall be destroyed as a people, Because he exalted 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.
- BSB Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted 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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- Jer 48:2The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: ‘Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation.’ You also, Madmen, will be brought to silence. The sword will pursue you.
- Isa 7:8For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people;
- Isa 37:23Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
- Matt 7:2For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, 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, says Yahweh, to save you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”
- Dan 11:36The king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.
- Jer 48:26–30“Make him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
- Rev 13:6He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.
- Ps 83:4–8“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
- 2 Th 2:4he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.
- Esth 3:8–13Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.
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