Jeremiah 48:29
in Jeremiah 48We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, and the haughtiness of his heart.
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.
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
6 notes on this verseLet heretics give heed.… "His haughtiness and his arrogance and his pride and the loftiness of his heart I know," says the Lord, "because his strength is not according to the loftiness of his boasts."
This site's exposition
the pride of Moab
on Jeremiah 48:29-39
The indictment is piled in synonyms, his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart, and much of this section speaks in Isaiah 15 and 16's own words, two prophets carrying one burden a century apart, which the commentators set side by side. The strange thing is who weeps: therefore will I howl for Moab, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer, mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, the judge mourning inside his own sentence, and the bench pauses here, because the oracle's compassion is the Lord's own. The vintage fails with none to tread with shouting, every head bald and every beard clipped, and Moab is broken like a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
It was charged upon them Isa. xvi. 6 , but here it is expressed more largely that there. Since then they had been under humbling providences, and yet were unhumbled; nay, they grew more arrogant and haughty, which plainly marked them for that utter destruction of which pride is the forerunner.
We have heard the pride of Moab,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
The pride of Moab - See on Isa 16:1 (note).
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ | shama'nu | we have heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| גְאוֹן־ | geon- | [the] pride of | H1347 → | 49 times |
| מוֹאָ֖ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| גֵּאֶ֣ה | geeh | proud | H1343 → | |
| מְאֹ֑ד | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
| גָּבְה֧וֹ | gaveho | haughtiness its | H1363 → | |
| וּגְאוֹנ֛וֹ | ugeono | and pride its | H1347 → | 49 times |
| וְגַאֲוָת֖וֹ | vegaavato | and boastfulness its | H1346 → | |
| וְרֻ֥ם | verum | and [the] loftiness of | H7312 → | |
| לִבּֽוֹ׃ | libo | heart its | H3820 → | 595 times |
שָׁמַ֥עְנוּwe have heard
shama'nuH8085 →1159 times
גְאוֹן־[the] pride of
geon-H1347 →49 times
מוֹאָ֖בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
גֵּאֶ֣הproud
geehH1343 →
מְאֹ֑דvery
meodH3966 →300 times
גָּבְה֧וֹhaughtiness its
gavehoH1363 →
וּגְאוֹנ֛וֹand pride its
ugeonoH1347 →49 times
וְגַאֲוָת֖וֹand boastfulness its
vegaavatoH1346 →
וְרֻ֥םand [the] loftiness of
verumH7312 →
לִבּֽוֹ׃heart its
liboH3820 →595 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:34
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Peter 5:5
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 23:12
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- Psalms 138:6
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Proverbs 18:12
Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- Proverbs 3:34
Through
Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
it leads to
- Psalms 113:5–6
Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
- 1 Samuel 2:7–8
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit,…
- Psalms 113:5–6
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Against the Pelagians 2.29; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.