“Let heretics give heed.… "His haughtiness and his arrogance and his pride and the loftiness of his heart I know," says the Lord, "because his strength is not according to the loftiness of his boasts."”
Jerome, 5th c. — Against the Pelagians 2.29
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29We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
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27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
28O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
— Jeremiah 48:29 —
30I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
31Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.