Jeremiah 48:18

Jeremiah 48:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
• New International Version (NIV)“Come down from your glory and sit on the parched ground, you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab will come up against you and ruin your fortified cities.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Come down from your glory, and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you; he has destroyed your strongholds.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“O daughter inhabiting Dibon, Come down from your glory, And sit in thirst; For the plunderer of Moab has come against you, He has destroyed your strongholds.

Context of Jeremiah 48:18

16Moab’s calamity is near at hand; his disaster is rushing swiftly. 17Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations, everyone who knows his name. Say, “How the mighty scepter is shattered, the glorious staff!” Come down from glory; sit on parched ground, resident of the daughter of Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses. 19Stand by the highway and watch, resident of Aroer! Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping, “What happened?” 20Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

Jeremiah 48:18 word by word

רְדִ֤י מִכָּבוֹד֙ וּשְׁבִ֣י בַצָּמָ֔א יֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בַּת־דִּיב֑וֹן כִּֽי־שֹׁדֵ֤ד מוֹאָב֙ עָ֣לָה בָ֔ךְ שִׁחֵ֖ת מִבְצָרָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• that dost inhabitיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• Dibonדִּיבֹן, דִּימוֹןdîybôn dîybôn · DibonH1769
• come downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• in thirstצָמָאtsâmâ' · thirstH6772
• for the spoilerשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• shall comeעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• he shall destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• thy strong holdsמִבְצָרmibtsâr mibtsârâh · fortificationH4013

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:18

• Jeremiah 46:18As I live — this is the King’s declaration; the Lord of Armies is his name — the king of Babylon will come like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
• Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter Chaldea! For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.
• Jeremiah 48:22Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim,
• Numbers 21:30We threw them down; Heshbon has been destroyed as far as Dibon. We caused desolation as far as Nophah, which reaches as far as Medeba.
• Numbers 32:3“The territory of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
• Joshua 13:17with Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau — Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
• Isaiah 15:2Dibon went up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba. Every head is shaved; every beard is chopped short.
• Genesis 21:16and went and sat at a distance, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I can’t bear to watch the boy die!” While she sat at a distance, she wept loudly.
• Exodus 17:3But the people thirsted there for water and grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you ever bring us up from Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”
• Judges 15:18He became very thirsty and called out to the Lord, “You have accomplished this great victory through your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
• Isaiah 5:13Therefore my people will go into exile because they lack knowledge; her dignitaries are starving, and her masses are parched with thirst.
• Ezekiel 19:13Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
• Jeremiah 48:8The destroyer will move against every town; not one town will escape. The valley will perish, and the plain will be annihilated, as the Lord has said.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18That dost inhabit Dibon - This was anciently a city of the Reubenites, afterwards inhabited by the Moabites, about two leagues north of the river Arnon, and about six to the east of the Dead Sea. - Dahler.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Sit in thirst - Jeremiah draws a picture of the conquered inhabitants, collected outside the walls, waiting for their captors to march them away to the slave mart. The enemy occupied with plundering the houses of Dibon thinks little of the hunger and thirst of his prisoners. Strong holds - The remains of the fortifications of Dibon are still visible.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-47Verses 14-47 . The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of God and of his wrath, than to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-19Dibon and nearby Aroer were important cities in Moab.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. (Is 47:1). dost inhabit--now so securely settled as if in a lasting habitation. thirst--Dibon, being situated on the Arnon, abounded in water (Is 15:9). In sad contrast with this, and with her "glory" in general, she shall be reduced not only to shame, but to the want of the commonest necessaries ("thirst") in the arid wilderness (Jr 48:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 48:18

• Dibon

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Horn
• Plant
• Dibon; Dibon-Gad
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings