Jeremiah 48:18
in Jeremiah 48Come 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThat 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.
This site's exposition
Come down from your glory
on Jeremiah 48:18-28
Dibon is told, “Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground.” “The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken.” The cause is given in verse 26, “he has magnified himself against the LORD,” and verse 27 recalls Moab’s ridicule of Israel.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon,.... A city in Moab; See Gill on Isa 15:
It is time for them to sit in thirst, and inure themselves to hardship, when the spoiler has come, who will strip them of all, and empty them. The Moabites in the remote corners of the country, that are furthest from the danger, will be inquisitive to know how the matter goes, what news from the army, will ask every one that escapes, What is done?
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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).
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Sit 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.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רְדִ֤י | redi | come down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| מִכָּבוֹד֙ | mikavod | from honor | H3519 → | 200 times |
| וּשְׁבִ֣י | vushevei | and sit | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בַצָּמָ֔א | vatzama' | in <the> thirst | H6772 → | |
| יֹשֶׁ֖בֶת | yoshevet | O inhabitant[s] | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | of [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| דִּיב֑וֹן | divon | Dibon | H1769 → | |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שֹׁדֵ֤ד | shoded | [the] destroyer of | H7703 → | 57 times |
| מוֹאָב֙ | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| עָ֣לָה | ʾalah | he will come up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| בָ֔ךְ | vakh | on <the> you | ||
| שִׁחֵ֖ת | shichet | he will ruin | H7843 → | 146 times |
| מִבְצָרָֽיִךְ׃ | mivtzarayikh | strongholds your | H4013 → | 37 times |
רְדִ֤יcome down
rediH3381 →381 times
מִכָּבוֹד֙from honor
mikavodH3519 →200 times
וּשְׁבִ֣יand sit
vusheveiH3427 →1079 times
בַצָּמָ֔אin <the> thirst
vatzama'H6772 →
יֹשֶׁ֖בֶתO inhabitant[s]
yoshevetH3427 →1079 times
בַּת־of [the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
דִּיב֑וֹןDibon
divonH1769 →
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
שֹׁדֵ֤ד[the] destroyer of
shodedH7703 →57 times
מוֹאָב֙Moab
moavH4124 →181 times
עָ֣לָהhe will come up
ʾalahH5927 →890 times
בָ֔ךְon <the> you
vakh
שִׁחֵ֖תhe will ruin
shichetH7843 →146 times
מִבְצָרָֽיִךְ׃strongholds your
mivtzarayikhH4013 →37 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
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.
it 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.
- Psalms 137:8
Through
Numbers 21:30But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
it leads to
- Numbers 32:34
And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
Reached by 2 separate 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.
- Numbers 32:34
Through
Isaiah 15:2Dibon 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.
it 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.
- Leviticus 21:5
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.