Jeremiah 48:42

48:42 Moab will be destroyed and no longer be a nation, ¹ 

because she has vaunted herself against the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:8

48:8 The destroyer will come against every town.

Not one town will escape.

The towns in the valley will be destroyed.

The cities on the high plain will be laid waste. ² 

I, the Lord, have spoken! ³ 

[48:42]  ¹ tn Heb “Moab will be destroyed from [being] a people.”

[48:8]  ² tn Heb “The valley will be destroyed and the tableland be laid waste.” However, in the context this surely refers to the towns and not to the valley and the tableland itself.

[48:8]  ³ tn Heb “which/for/as the Lord has spoken.” The first person form has again been adopted because the Lord is the speaker throughout (cf. v. 1).