King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 48:42
“And Moab shall be destroyed from [being] a people, because he hath magnified [himself] against the LORD.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 48
40
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
41
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
42
And Moab shall be destroyed from [being] a people, because he hath magnified [himself] against the LORD.
43
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
44
He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, [even] upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
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