Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 48:42
And Moab shall be destroyed from [being] a people, because he hath magnified [himself] against the LORD.
Verse 42. Moab shall be destroyed from being a people] They shall not have a king or civil governor: and I doubt whether there be any evidence that they were ever reinstated in their national character. They were captivated by the Chaldeans; and probably many returned with the Jews on the edict of Cyrus: but as to their being an independent nation after this, where is the positive proof?
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
That is, for a time; see Jer 48:47; or being such a people as it hath been, so full of splendour and glory. The reason given is the same with that Jer 48:26.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
42. (See on Jer48:26).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And Moab shall be destroyed from [being] a people,…. For some time, not always; since the captivity of Moab is promised to be returned, Jer 48:47; or from being such a people as they had been, enjoying so much ease, wealth, power, and prosperity. Abarbinel takes it to be a comparative, and renders it, “more than a people”; that is, shall be destroyed more than any other people; but the former sense is best;
because he hath magnified [himself] against the Lord; the Targum is, against the people of the Lord; this is the cause of his destruction;
[See comments on Jer 48:26].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He repeats what we have before observed, that the calamity of Moab would be a just reward for his pride and indeed his sacrilege. The Prophet then says that though God’s vengeance might seem extremely grievous, yet it was most just, because the Moabites had not only been cruel against their neighbors, but also reproachful against God. Here, then, he condemns them first for cruelty, and then for their impious pride, because they exalted themselves against God
But we must bear in mind the reason noticed before; for the Moabites did not openly boast that they were equal or superior to God, but when they raised their crests against God’s people, they became contumelious against God himself, who had promised to be the protector and the Father of his people. As then the Moabites thus despised the protection and promise of God, they are here justly condemned by the Prophet, that they exalted themselves against God And this ought to be carefully noticed, so that we may not do any wrong to the godly, for God will at length show that he is injured in their persons. And then also no common consolation may be hence derived, that all who molest us are carrying on war against God, and that all who injure us act sacrilegiously towards him. For the Prophet has before explained how the Moabites gloried against God, even because they regarded the children of Israel with derision. It follows, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(42) Moab shall be destroyed . . .What is predicted is not annihilation (see Jer. 48:47), but the loss of national independence. And the cause of this punishment is once more asserted. With Moab, as with other nations, it was her self-exalting pride that called for chastisement.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 48:42 And Moab shall be destroyed from [being] a people, because he hath magnified [himself] against the LORD.
Ver. 42. Because he hath magnified himself against the Lord, ] i.e., Against his people, who are as the apple of his eye.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Moab: Moab has long since ceased to be a nation; while the Jews, agreeably to the Divine promise – Jer 46:28, though successively subdued and oppressed by the Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Syro-Macedonians, and Romans – which have also all passed away, and are no more and dispersed over the face of the earth, subsist to this day as a distinct people from all the nations of the world!
from: Jer 48:2, Jer 30:11, Est 3:8-13, Psa 83:4-8, Isa 7:8, Mat 7:2
magnified: Jer 48:26-30, Pro 16:18, Isa 37:23, Dan 11:36, 2Th 2:4, Rev 13:6
Reciprocal: 1Sa 5:11 – a deadly Isa 16:6 – have Isa 25:11 – he shall bring Dan 8:11 – he magnified
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 48:42. The destruction of Moab was to he understood in a comparative sense and not in a total one as will be seen in the last verse of this chapter.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Moab would cease to exist as a nation, because it had been arrogant toward Yahweh; it had not humbled itself under the sovereign Lord of all nations.