God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 48:29
29“We have heard about the arrogance of Moab’s people. They are very arrogant. They are very arrogant, conceited, and boastful.
Jeremiah 48:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
- New International Version (NIV)“We have heard of Moab’s pride— how great is her arrogance!— of her insolence, her pride, her conceit and the haughtiness of her heart.
- English Standard Version (ESV)We have heard of the pride of Moab— he is very proud— of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“We have heard the pride of Moab (He is exceedingly proud), Of his loftiness and arrogance and pride, And of the haughtiness of his heart.”
Context of Jeremiah 48:29
27People of Moab, didn’t you laugh at the people of Israel? Were they caught among thieves? Whenever you talk about them you shake your heads in contempt. 28People of Moab, abandon your cities. Live among the cliffs. Be like doves that make their nests at the entrance of a cave. “We have heard about the arrogance of Moab’s people. They are very arrogant. They are very arrogant, conceited, and boastful. 30I know how arrogant they are,” declares the Lord, “but it isn’t right. They brag and don’t do what they say. 31That is why I will weep for Moab and cry for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.
Read all of Jeremiah 48Jeremiah 48:29 word by word
שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ גְאוֹן־מוֹאָ֖ב גֵּאֶ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד גָּבְה֧וֹ וּגְאוֹנ֛וֹ וְגַאֲוָת֖וֹ וְרֻ֥ם לִבּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- We have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- the prideגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
- of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
- he is exceedingמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
- proudגֵּאֶהge'eh · proudH1343
- his loftinessגֹּ֫בַהּgôbahh · heightH1363
- and his arrogancyגַּאֲוָהga'ăvâh · prideH1346
- and the haughtinessרוּםrûm rûm · heightH7312
- of his heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:29
- Proverbs 8:13To fear the Lord is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, evil behavior, and twisted speech.
- Isaiah 16:6We’ve heard of the arrogance of Moab’s people. They are very arrogant. We’ve heard of their boasting, arrogance, and conceit, but their boasts aren’t true.
- Zephaniah 2:8“I have heard the insults from Moab and the mockery from Ammon. They insulted my people and bragged about their territory.
- Job 40:10Then dress yourself in majesty and dignity. Clothe yourself in splendor and glory.
- Psalms 138:6Even though the Lord is high above, he sees humble people ⌞close up⌟, and he recognizes arrogant people from a distance.
- Proverbs 18:12Before destruction a person’s heart is arrogant, but humility comes before honor.
- Proverbs 30:13A certain kind of person looks around arrogantly and is conceited.
- Isaiah 2:11The eyes of arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be brought down. On that day the Lord alone will be honored.
- Daniel 4:27“That is why, Your Majesty, my best advice is that you stop sinning, and do what is right. Stop committing the same errors, and have pity on the poor. Maybe you can prolong your prosperity.”
- Luke 14:11Those who honor themselves will be humbled, but people who humble themselves will be honored.”
- James 4:6But God shows us even more kindness. Scripture says, “God opposes arrogant people, but he is kind to humble people.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29The pride of Moab - See on Isaiah 16:1; (note).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. 2929. pride--(Is 16:6, 7). Moab was the trumpeter of his own fame. Jeremiah adds "loftiness and arrogancy" to Isaiah's picture, so that Moab had not only not been bettered by the chastisement previously endured as foretold by Isaiah, but had even become worse; so that his guilt, and therefore his sentence of punishment, are increased now. Six times Moab's pride (or the synonyms) are mentioned, to show the exceeding hatefulness of his sin.Read the comment
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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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