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Jeremiah 48:42 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Jeremiah 48:42 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 48 verse 42 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.”
Jeremiah 48:42 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 48:42
Moab shall be destroyed from being a people—the Hebrew shamad (שָׁמַד, destroyed, exterminated) and me'am (מֵעָם, from being a people/nation) indicate total political annihilation. Moab would cease to exist as an independent nation. This is not ethnic genocide but the end of Moabite national sovereignty—their identity as a distinct political entity would be obliterated.Because he hath magnified himself against the LORD—the causation is explicit. The verb gadal (גָּדַל, magnified, exalted) combined with al-YHWH (עַל־יְהוָה, against the LORD) identifies Moab's fundamental sin: not mere idolatry,...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 48:42
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“and let us cut her off from being a nation. You also”
“and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces”
“Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice”
“says Yahweh”
“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.,And 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., וַיֹּאמֶר הָמָן לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ יֶשְׁנוֹ עַם־אֶחָד מְפֻזָּר וּמְפֹרָד בֵּין הָעַמִּים בְּכֹל מְדִינוֹת מַלְכוּתֶךָ וְדָתֵיהֶם שֹׁנוֹת מִכָּל־עָם וְאֶת־דָּתֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵינָם עֹשִׂים וְלַמֶּלֶךְ אֵין־שֹׁוֶה לְהַנִּיחָם׃ ,And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus: There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king's laws; therefore it profiteth not the king to suffer them.”
“and he also shall be in derision.”
“to blaspheme his name”
“setting himself up as God.”
“and magnify himself above every god”
“you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure”