Jeremiah 48:18

¹⁶ Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.

¹⁷ Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered— the glorious staff!

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.

¹⁹ Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’

²⁰ Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
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.
WEB: “You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you. He has destroyed your strongholds.
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.
DARBY: Come down from [thy] glory and sit in the drought, O inhabitress, daughter of Dibon; the spoiler of Moab is come up against thee, thy strongholds hath he destroyed.
BLB: Come down from [your] glory, and sit in thirst, O dweller of the daughter of Dibon; for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortifications!

ÅB: Stig ned fra din herlighet og sett deg i et tørt land, du Dibons datter som bor i byen! For Moabs ødelegger stiger opp imot deg, han ødelegger dine festninger.
OTB: Kom ned fra din herlighet og sitt på den tørre bakken, du innbyggere av Dibon-datteren, for ødeleggeren av Moab skal komme opp mot deg og ødelegge dine befestede byer.
B1930: Stig ned fra din herlighet og sett dig i et tørt land, du Dibons datter som bor i byen! For Moabs ødelegger stiger op imot dig, han ødelegger dine festninger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.”
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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.
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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.
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Joshua 13:17
to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
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Jeremiah 48:22
upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
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Jeremiah 46:18–19
As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
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Joshua 13:9
The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
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Ezekiel 19:13
Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
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