Jeremiah 48:42

And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people ,.... For some time, not always; since the captivity of Moab is promised to be returned, Jeremiah 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 Gill on Jeremiah 48:26 .