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Jeremiah 48:30
30I know her insolence but it is futile,” declares the Lord, “and her boasts accomplish 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I know about his insolence,” says the Lord, “but his boasts are empty— as empty as his deeds.
Context of Jeremiah 48:30
28Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks, you who live in Moab. Be like a dove that makes its nest at the mouth of a cave. 29“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. I know her insolence but it is futile,” declares the Lord, “and her boasts accomplish nothing. 31Therefore I wail over Moab, for all Moab I cry out, I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth. 32I weep for you, as Jazer weeps, you vines of Sibmah. Your branches spread as far as the sea; they reached as far as Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your ripened fruit and 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 Moab’s pride— how great is her arrogance!— of her conceit, her pride and her insolence; but her boasts are empty.
- Isaiah 37:28“But I know where you are and when you come and go and how you rage against me.
- Jeremiah 50:36A sword against her false prophets! They will become fools. A sword against her warriors! They will be filled with terror.
- Job 9:12If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
- Psalms 33:10The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
- Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed 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
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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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