Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 48:30
30. I know—Moab's "proud arrogancy" (Jeremiah 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 more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 48:29
29. pride— (Isaiah 16:6; Isaiah 16:7). 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 more