Jeremiah 48:18
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“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.”
יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
עָלָה
he will come up
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עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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יָשַׁב
O inhabitants
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יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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שָׁדַד
the destroyer of
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שָׁדַד
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
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בַּת
of the daughter of
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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מִבְצָר
strongholds/ your
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מִבְצָר
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
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מוֹאָב
Moab
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מוֹאָב
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
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שָׁחַת
he will ruin
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שָׁחַת
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
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דִּיבוֹן
Dibon
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דִּיבוֹן
Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine
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