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His boasting is as empty as his deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but <i>it shall</i> not <i>be</i> so; his lies shall not so effect <i>it</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/48.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“I know his wrath,” says the LORD, “But it <i>is</i> not right; His lies have made nothing right.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I know his fury,” declares the LORD, “But it is futile; His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I know his fury,&#8221 declares the LORD, &#8220But it is futile; His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I know his fury,” declares the LORD, “But it is futile; His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I know his fury,” declares Yahweh, “But it is nothing; His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I know his [insolent] wrath,” says the LORD, “But it is futile; His idle boasts [in his deeds] have accomplished nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I know his outburst. This is the LORD’s declaration. It is empty. His boast is empty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I know his outburst. This is the LORD&#8217s declaration. It is empty. His boast is empty. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/48.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I know his wrath, saith Jehovah, that it is nought; his boastings have wrought nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But I also know bragging will never save you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I know his wrath, saith the LORD, that it is nought; his boastings have wrought nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I know how arrogant they are," declares the LORD, "but it isn't right. They brag and don't do what they say.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/48.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I, the LORD, know of their arrogance. Their boasts amount to nothing, and the things they do will not last. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/48.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I know his gall," declares the LORD, "and it's futile; the boasting that they do is futile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I know his insolence,? declares the LORD, ?but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/48.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I, the LORD, affirm that I know how arrogant they are. But their pride is ill-founded. Their boastings will prove to be false. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I know his wrath,' says the LORD, 'that it is nothing; his boastings have worked nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/48.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I know his wrath,” says Yahweh, “that it is nothing; his boastings have done nothing. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I have known, a declaration of YHWH, "" His wrath, and [it is] not right, "" His boastings—they have done nothing right.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I -- I have known, an affirmation of Jehovah, His wrath, and it is not right, His devices -- not right they have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I knew, says Jehovah, his wrath; and not thus; his empty talks did not so.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I know, saith the Lord, his boasting, and that the strength thereof is not according to it, neither hath it endeavoured to do according as it was able. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I myself know, says the Lord, his boasting, and that his ability is not in accord with it, nor is it in accord with what he has been striving to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I myself know his arrogance—oracle of the LORD— liar in word, liar in deed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I myself know his insolence, says the LORD; his boasts are false, his deeds are false.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Their works were unjust, and yet their soothsayers did not predict such things against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Their works have not been righteous and their soothsayers were not predicting about it in this way<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I know his arrogancy, saith the LORD, That it is ill-founded; His boastings have wrought nothing well-founded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But I know his works: is it not enough for him? has he not done thus?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=14492" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/48.htm">The Judgment on Moab</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">29</span>We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart. <span class="reftext">30</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know</a> <a href="/hebrew/5678.htm" title="5678: ‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Overflow, arrogance, fury. Feminine of eber; an outburst of passion.">his insolence,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">“but it is futile.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: ḵên (Adj-ms) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/907.htm" title="907: bad·dāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Empty, idle talk. From bada'; a brag or lie; also a liar.">His boasting</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">is as empty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: ḵên (Adj-ms) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">his deeds.</a> </span><span class="reftext">31</span>Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Isaiah 16:6</a></span><br />We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/25-11.htm">Isaiah 25:11</a></span><br />He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-10.htm">Zephaniah 2:10</a></span><br />This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a></span><br />Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-3.htm">Obadiah 1:3-4</a></span><br />The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ / Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-11.htm">Isaiah 2:11-12</a></span><br />The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. / For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Isaiah 10:12</a></span><br />So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Isaiah 13:11</a></span><br />I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-13.htm">Isaiah 14:13-15</a></span><br />You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. / I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” / But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-10.htm">Isaiah 47:10</a></span><br />You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/28-2.htm">Ezekiel 28:2</a></span><br />“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/28-17.htm">Ezekiel 28:17</a></span><br />Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/5-20.htm">Daniel 5:20</a></span><br />But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/14-11.htm">Luke 14:11</a></span><br />For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-12.htm">Matthew 23:12</a></span><br />For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I know his wrath, said the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.</p><p class="hdg">know</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Isaiah 16:6</a></b></br> We have heard of the pride of Moab; <i>he is</i> very proud: <i>even</i> of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: <i>but</i> his lies <i>shall</i> not <i>be</i> so.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/37-28.htm">Isaiah 37:28,29</a></b></br> But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me… </p><p class="hdg">his lies shall not so effect it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">Jeremiah 50:36</a></b></br> A sword <i>is</i> upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword <i>is</i> upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/9-12.htm">Job 9:12,13</a></b></br> Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/33-10.htm">Psalm 33:10</a></b></br> The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/44-25.htm">Accomplish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-16.htm">Accomplished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-25.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-29.htm">Arrogancy</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Boastings</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Boasts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-25.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-7.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Devices</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-29.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-23.htm">False.</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-6.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Futile</a> <a href="/psalms/150-5.htm">High-Sounding</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Idle</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Ill-Founded</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-29.htm">Insolence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-26.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Pratings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/40-5.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-11.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Words</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-23.htm">Worked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-8.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-23.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Accomplish</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-17.htm">Accomplished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-35.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-10.htm">Arrogancy</a> <a href="/james/4-16.htm">Boastings</a> <a href="/hosea/12-8.htm">Boasts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-35.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-20.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-60.htm">Devices</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-37.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">False.</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-4.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/malachi/3-14.htm">Futile</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">High-Sounding</a> <a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Idle</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Ill-Founded</a> <a href="/daniel/11-18.htm">Insolence</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-18.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-10.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Pratings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-5.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-51.htm">Words</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-13.htm">Worked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-13.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 48</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">The judgment of Moab</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-7.htm">for their pride</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-11.htm">for their security</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-14.htm">for their carnal confidence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">and for their contempt of God and his people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-47.htm">The restoration of Moab</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/48.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/48.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I know his insolence,” declares the LORD</b><br>This phrase highlights God's omniscience and His awareness of human pride and arrogance. In the context of <a href="/jeremiah/48.htm">Jeremiah 48</a>, God is speaking about Moab, a nation often in conflict with Israel. The term "insolence" refers to Moab's pride and self-reliance, which is condemned throughout the Bible (<a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a>). God's declaration emphasizes His authority and the certainty of His judgment. The LORD's knowledge of Moab's arrogance is a reminder of His intimate understanding of all nations and individuals, as seen in <a href="/psalms/139.htm">Psalm 139:1-4</a>.<p><b>but it is futile.</b><br>The futility of Moab's pride is underscored here. Despite their confidence and self-exaltation, their efforts are ultimately in vain against God's sovereign will. This reflects the biblical theme that human pride leads to downfall (<a href="/isaiah/2-11.htm">Isaiah 2:11-12</a>). The futility of opposing God is a recurring message in Scripture, as seen in the story of the Tower of Babel (<a href="/genesis/11.htm">Genesis 11:1-9</a>), where human pride is thwarted by divine intervention.<p><b>His boasting is as empty as his deeds.</b><br>This phrase connects Moab's verbal arrogance with their actions, both of which are deemed worthless. The emptiness of their boasting is a critique of their false security and reliance on their own strength rather than on God. This mirrors the biblical principle that faith without works is dead (<a href="/james/2-26.htm">James 2:26</a>), and that actions not rooted in righteousness are ultimately meaningless. The emptiness of Moab's deeds can be compared to the Pharisees' outward religiosity without true devotion (<a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning the judgment of Judah and surrounding nations, including Moab.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>An ancient nation located east of the Dead Sea, often in conflict with Israel. Moab is the subject of God's judgment in this chapter.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, Yahweh, who is speaking through the prophet Jeremiah, declaring His knowledge of Moab's pride and the futility of their actions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab's_insolence.htm">Moab's Insolence</a></b><br>Refers to the pride and arrogance of the Moabites, which God acknowledges and condemns.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/boasting_and_deeds.htm">Boasting and Deeds</a></b><br>The empty pride and actions of Moab, which are ultimately futile and ineffective against God's judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience.htm">God's Omniscience</a></b><br>God is fully aware of the thoughts and attitudes of nations and individuals. His knowledge of Moab's pride serves as a reminder that nothing is hidden from Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_pride.htm">The Futility of Pride</a></b><br>Human pride and boasting are ultimately empty and lead to downfall. This serves as a warning against self-reliance and arrogance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment.htm">Divine Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is just and inevitable for those who persist in pride and rebellion. It calls for humility and repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_humility.htm">The Call to Humility</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to examine their own hearts for pride and to seek humility before God, recognizing their dependence on Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reliability_of_god's_word.htm">The Reliability of God's Word</a></b><br>The fulfillment of prophecies, such as those against Moab, demonstrates the reliability and authority of God's Word.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_48.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 48</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_hating_evil,_loving_good.htm">What is the meaning of Jeremiah 9:23?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_moab's_fate_sealed_in_jer._48_1-39.htm">Why does Jeremiah 48:1-39 repeatedly portray divine retaliation against Moab with no apparent path for redemption?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_jer._30_3_with_incomplete_returns.htm">Jeremiah 30:3 promises the return of all exiled Israelites and Judeans; how do we reconcile this with records showing multiple dispersions and incomplete mass returns?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_expect_a_covenant_if_god_foresees_failure.htm">Jeremiah 11:1-5: How can an all-knowing God expect a covenant not to be broken if He already foresees human failings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/48.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(30) <span class= "bld">His lies shall not so effect it.</span>--The Hebrew for "lies" has also, as in the margin, the meaning of "bars" or "staves" or "branches" as the symbol of defence (<a href="/hosea/11-6.htm" title="And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.">Hosea 11:6</a>), but the version in the text is preferable. The emphasis of the original lies in the iteration. "Not so," the sentence of frustration, is written alike on the wrath which leads to passionate outrage, and on the lies in which it seeks to find safety.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 30.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But it shall not be so,</span> etc. This is a case in which the accentuation must most decidedly be deviated from; it implies a faulty view of the word rendered in the Authorized Version, "his lies." But the rendering of our version is neither in itself tenable nor is it that intended by the accentuation. The rendering suggested by the latter is "his praters" (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> soothsayers), as the word, no doubt, must be taken in Jeremiah 1:36; <a href="/isaiah/44-25.htm">Isaiah 44:25</a>. But it is much more natural to render thus: "And the untruth of his pratings [<span class="accented">i.e.</span> of his boastings]; the untruth that they have wrought." In his words and in his works (and a word is equal to a work before the Divine Judge) Mesh was essentially "untrue." Truth, in the Biblical sense, is to know and serve the true God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">know</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏa‘·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his fury,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶבְרָת֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5678.htm">Strong's 5678: </a> </span><span class="str2">Overflow, arrogance, fury</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻם־</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but it is futile.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His boasting</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּדָּ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(bad·dāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_907.htm">Strong's 907: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brag, lie, a liar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is as empty</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="heb">כֵ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his deeds.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשֽׂוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Jeremiah 48:30 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Jeremiah 48:30 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Jeremiah 48:30 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Jeremiah 48:30 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Jeremiah 48:30 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Jeremiah 48:30 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Jeremiah 48:30 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Jeremiah 48:30 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Jeremiah 48:30 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Jeremiah 48:30 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/48-30.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 48:30 I know his wrath says Yahweh that (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/48-29.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:29"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:29" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/48-31.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 48:31"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 48:31" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>