God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 48:30
30I know how arrogant they are,” declares the Lord, “but it isn’t right. They brag and don’t do what they say.
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
28People of Moab, abandon your cities. Live among the cliffs. Be like doves that make their nests at the entrance of a cave. 29“We have heard about the arrogance of Moab’s people. They are very arrogant. They are very arrogant, conceited, and boastful. I 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. 32I will cry for you as Jazer cries. I will cry for you, grapevines of Sibmah. Your branches ⌞once⌟ spread as far as the sea, and they reached as far as the sea of Jazer. The destroyer will destroy your ripened fruits and your 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’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.
- Isaiah 37:28I know when you ⌞get up⌟ and sit down, when you go out and come in, and how you rage against me.
- Jeremiah 50:36A sword will kill the false prophets. They will become fools. A sword will kill their soldiers and defeat them.
- Job 9:12He takes something away, ⌞but⌟ who can stop him? Who is going to ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
- Psalms 33:10The Lord blocks the plans of the nations. He frustrates the schemes of the people of the world.
- Proverbs 21:30No wisdom, no understanding, and no advice ⌞can stand up⌟ 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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