Jeremiah 48:18
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 48 connects to 10 cross-references. An extended oracle against Moab describing its total devastation: wailing in every city, the destroyer descending on every town, Moab made a derision and horror. The nation has been complacent since youth, undisturbed on its dregs. Yet the chapter ends …
Other Translations
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.
Come down from honour, sit in thirst, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, For a spoiler of Moab hath come up to thee, He hath destroyed thy fenced places.
Come down from your glory, O people of Dibon, and take your seat in the place of the waste; for the attacker of Moab has gone up against you, sending destruction on your strong places.
Cross References
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for …
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou …
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, …
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of …
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,
And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the …
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their …
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and …
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, …