New English Translation
Jeremiah 48:18
18Come down from your place of honor; sit on the dry ground, you who live in Dibon. For the one who will destroy Moab will attack you; he will destroy your fortifications.
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 destruction is at hand. Disaster will come on it quickly. 17Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it, all of you nations that know of its fame. Mourn and say, ‘Alas, its powerful influence has been broken! Its glory and power have been done away!’ Come down from your place of honor; sit on the dry ground, you who live in Dibon. For the one who will destroy Moab will attack you; he will destroy your fortifications. 19You who live in Aroer, stand by the road and watch. Question the man who is fleeing and the woman who is escaping. Ask them, ‘What has happened?’ 20They will answer, ‘Moab is disgraced, for it has fallen! Wail and cry out in mourning! Announce along the Arnon River that Moab has been destroyed.’
Read all of Jeremiah 48Jeremiah 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 46:18I the King, whose name is the Lord who rules over all, swear this: I swear as surely as I live that a conqueror is coming. He will be as imposing as Mount Tabor is among the mountains, as Mount Carmel is against the backdrop of the sea.
- Isaiah 47:1“Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.
- Jeremiah 48:22on Dibon, Nebo, and Beth Diblathaim,
- Numbers 21:30We have overpowered them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. We have shattered them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
- Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
- Joshua 13:17Heshbon and all its surrounding cities on the plain, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
- Isaiah 15:2They went up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off.
- Genesis 21:16Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot away; for she thought, “I refuse to watch the child die.” So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.
- Exodus 17:3But the people were very thirsty there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said, “Why in the world did you bring us up out of Egypt – to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”
- Judges 15:18He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?”
- Isaiah 5:13Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink.
- Ezekiel 19:13Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
- Jeremiah 48:8The 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. I, the Lord, have spoken!
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
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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
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