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Jeremiah 48:30
30I know his [insolent] wrath,” says the Lord, “But it is futile; His idle boasts [in his deeds] have accomplished nothing.
Jeremiah 48:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I know his wrath, saith the Lord; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
- New International Version (NIV)I know her insolence but it is futile,” declares the Lord, “and her boasts accomplish nothing.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I know his insolence, declares the Lord; his boasts are false, his deeds are false.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I know his wrath,” says the Lord, “But it is not right; His lies have made nothing right.
Context of Jeremiah 48:30
28You inhabitants of Moab, Leave the cities and live among the rocks, And be like the dove that makes her nest In the walls of the yawning ravine. 29We have heard of the [giddy] pride of Moab, the extremely proud one— His haughtiness, his arrogance, his conceit, and his self-exaltation. I know his [insolent] wrath,” says the Lord, “But it is futile; His idle boasts [in his deeds] have accomplished nothing. 31Therefore I will wail over Moab, And I will cry out for all Moab. I will sigh and mourn over the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth). 32O vines of Sibmah, I will weep for you More than the weeping of Jazer [over its ruins and wasted vineyards]. Your tendrils [of influence] stretched across the sea, Reaching [even] to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen On your summer fruits and your [season’s] crop of grapes.
Read all of Jeremiah 48Jeremiah 48:30 word by word
אֲנִ֤י יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה עֶבְרָת֖וֹ וְלֹא־כֵ֑ן בַּדָּ֖יו לֹא־כֵ֥ן עָשֽׂוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:30
- Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride— Even of his arrogance, his conceit, his rage, His untruthful boasting.
- Isaiah 37:28But I know your sitting down And your going out and your coming in [every detail of your life], And your raging against Me.
- Jeremiah 50:36A sword against the oracle priests (the babbling liars), and they will become fools! A sword against her mighty warriors, and they will be shattered and destroyed!
- Job 9:12Behold, He snatches away; who can restrain or turn Him back? Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
- Psalms 33:10The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations; He makes the thoughts and plans of the people ineffective.
- Proverbs 21:30There is no [human] wisdom or understanding Or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:30
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30But it shall not be so - Most commentators translate, “I know, saith Jehovah, his arrogancy, and the emptiness of his boastings; they have worked emptiness.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-47Verses 14-47 . The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of God and of his wrath, than to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-47Moab, one of two nations descended from Abraham’s nephew Lot (Genesis 19:36–38), was the next nation judged in the Lord’s courtroom (compare Isaiah 15–16). Moab’s land was between the Arnon River and the Zered Brook, east of the Dead Sea. At that time, the Moabites felt confident because they were mostly safe from Babylonian military power. However, the Lord found the Moabites to be greedy and cruel, and their worship was violent and indulgent.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. I know--Moab's "proud arrogancy" (Jr 48:29) or "wrath," against My people, is not unknown to Me. it shall not be so--The result shall not be so as he thinks: his lies shall not so effect what he aims at by them. Calvin translates, "his lies are not right (that is, his vauntings are vain because God will not give them effect); they shall not do so" as they project in their minds, for God will set at naught their plans.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Jeremiah 48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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