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Jeremiah 48:18

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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.

Thou daughter {H1323} that dost inhabit {H3427} Dibon {H1769}, come down {H3381} from thy glory {H3519}, and sit {H3427} in thirst {H6772}; for the spoiler {H7703} of Moab {H4124} shall come {H5927} upon thee, and he shall destroy {H7843} thy strong holds {H4013}.

Descend from your glory, and sit in thirst, daughter living in Divon; for Mo'av's destroyer advances on you; he has destroyed your strongholds.

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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 21:30 (5 votes)

    We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which [reacheth] unto Medeba.

  • Isaiah 47:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: [there is] no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

  • Isaiah 15:2 (4 votes)

    He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads [shall be] baldness, [and] every beard cut off.

  • Jeremiah 48:22 (3 votes)

    And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,

  • Joshua 13:17 (3 votes)

    Heshbon, and all her cities that [are] in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,

  • Ezekiel 19:13 (2 votes)

    And now she [is] planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

  • Exodus 17:3 (2 votes)

    And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?