Jeremiah 48:18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁸ “Come down from your esteem, and sit in thirst, O inhabitant, daughter of Diḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Come down from your glory, you inhabitant of the Daughter of Dibon, and sit on the ground among the thirsty! For the destroyer of Moab is advancing against you; he will destroy your strongholds.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Come down from your lofty place and sit in the dust, you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon; because Moab’s destroyer has arrived to level your fortresses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Descend from your glory, and sit in thirst, O habitation of the daughter of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab has ascended to you; he has dissipated your fortifications.

Jeremiah 48:18 Cross References

Genesis 21:16

And she went and sat down about a bowshot away, for she said, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” And she sat opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept.

Exodus 17:3

And the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Mosheh, and said, “Why did you bring us out of Mitsrayim, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”

Isaiah 15:2

He has gone up to the house and Diḇ

Isaiah 47:1

“Come down and sit in the dust, O maiden daughter of Baḇ

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people have gone into exile, because they have no knowledge. And their esteemed men are starved, and their crowd dried up with thirst.

Jeremiah 48:22

and on Diḇ

Ezekiel 19:13

‘And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

Numbers 21:30

“Then we shot them – Ḥ

Numbers 32:3

“Ataroth, and Diḇ

Joshua 13:17

Ḥ

Joshua 13:9

from Aroʽ

Judges 15:18

And he became very thirsty, and cried out to יהוה  and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of Your servant. And now, am I to die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?”