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

16“Moab’s calamity will come soon, and his downfall hastens swiftly. 17Mourn for him, all who are around him, all who know his name. Say: ‘How the mighty scepter, the splendid rod, is broken!’ O daughter dwelling in Dibon come down from your glory and sit in thirst! For Moab’s destroyer has come to you. He has devastated your strongholds. 19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the road and watch— ask him fleeing and her escaping, ‘What has happened?’ 20Moab is disgraced, indeed shattered. Wail and shriek! Declare by the Arnon, Moab is ruined!

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,” declares the King —whose Name is Adonai-Tzva’ot— “like Tabor among the mountains, or like Carmel by the sea, so surely he will come.”
• Isaiah 47:1Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no more be called tender and delicate.
• Jeremiah 48:22on Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim,
• Numbers 21:30But we overthrew them! Heshbon as far as Dibon is destroyed! We have demolished them as far as Nophah up to Medeba.”
• Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon—
• Joshua 13:17Heshbon and all its towns on the tableland, Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
• Isaiah 15:2He has gone up to the shrine, to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is bald, every beard shaven.
• Genesis 21:16Then she went and sat herself down opposite, about a bowshot away, for she had said, “I can’t bear to see the child dying!” So she sat down opposite and lifted up her voice and wept.
• Exodus 17:3But the people thirsted for water there, and they complained against Moses and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt? To kill us with thirst, along with our children and cattle?”
• Judges 15:18Then he became very thirsty, so he called to Adonai and said, “You have granted this great deliverance by the hand of Your servant. So now, will I die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?”
• Isaiah 5:13“Therefore My people are in captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished and their multitudes parched with thirst.
• Ezekiel 19:13Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
• Jeremiah 48:8The destroyer will come to every town. No town will escape. The valley will perish and the plain will be destroyed, as Adonai 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