Jeremiah 48:18 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 48:18

Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.

BSB

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ASV

O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab is come up against thee, he hath destroyed thy strongholds.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That 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.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

(Isa 47:1). dost inhabit--now so securely settled as if in a lasting habitation. thirst--Dibon, being situated on the Arnon, abounded in water (Isa 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 (Jer 48:6).

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רְדִ֤י	re.Di	come down	H3381 →
מִכָּבוֹד֙	mi.ka.Vod	from honor	H3519 →
וּשְׁבִ֣י	vu.she.vei	and sit	H3427 →
בַצָּמָ֔א	va.tza.Ma'	in <the> thirst	H6772 →
יֹשֶׁ֖בֶת	yo.She.vet	O inhabitant[s]	H3427 →
בַּת־	bat-	of [the] daughter of	H1323 →
דִּיב֑וֹן	di.Von	Dibon	H1769 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
שֹׁדֵ֤ד	sho.Ded	[the] destroyer of	H7703 →
מוֹאָב֙	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
עָ֣לָה	'A.lah	he will come up	H5927 →
בָ֔ךְ	Vakh	on <the> you
שִׁחֵ֖ת	shi.Chet	he will ruin	H7843 →
מִבְצָרָֽיִךְ׃	miv.tza.Ra.yikh	strongholds your	H4013 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 47:1
“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
leads to
- Psalms 137:8
  O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- Jeremiah 51:33
  For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her…
- Zechariah 2:7
  “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
- Jeremiah 50:42
  They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 46:11
  Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
Through
Numbers 21:30
But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
leads to
- Numbers 32:34
  And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 15:2
  Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
Through
Isaiah 15:2
Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
leads to
- Leviticus 21:5
  Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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