Jeremiah 48:18

“Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, etc.] A city in Moab; (see Gill on “<231502>Isaiah 15:2”). The Targum is, “O kingdom of the congregation of Dibon;” but this was not a kingdom of itself, though a principal city in the kingdom of Moab: come down from [thy] glory, and sit in thirst; in a dry and thirsty land; in want of all the necessaries of life; in captivity; who before abounded with all good things, inhabiting a well watered and fruitful soil; (see <231509>Isaiah 15:9); but now called to quit all their former glory and happiness, their fulness and felicity, and submit to the greatest straits and difficulties: for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, [and] he shall destroy thy…”

“(Isa 47:1). dost inhabit--now so securely settled as if in a lasting habitation. thirst--Dibon, being situated on the Arnon, abounded in water (Isa 15:9). In sad contrast with this, and with her "glory" in general, she shall be reduced not only to shame, but to the want of the commonest necessaries ("thirst") in the arid wilderness (Jer 48:6).”

“Sit in thirst - Jeremiah draws a picture of the conquered inhabitants, collected outside the walls, waiting for their captors to march them away to the slave mart. The enemy occupied with plundering the houses of Dibon thinks little of the hunger and thirst of his prisoners. Strong holds - The remains of the fortifications of Dibon are still visible. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Dibon - Dibon, Aroer, and Ataroh were built by the children of Gad. It should seem the Moabites were not come into the possession of them. In thirst - It was a place well watered, but God threatens she should be in thirst, that is, driven into some dry, barren countries. The spoiler - The king of Babylon. Jeremiah 48:20”

“48:18-19 Dibon and nearby Aroer were key Moabite cities.”

“daughter: Jer 46:18, Jer 46:19; Isa 47:1 Dibon: Jer 48:22; Num 21:30, Num 32:3; Jos 13:17; Isa 15:2 and sit: Gen 21:16; Exo 17:3; Jdg 15:18; Isa 5:13; Eze 19:13 the spoiler: Jer 48:8 Jeremiah 48:19”

“In Jer 48:18-25 is further described the downfall of this strong and glorious power. The inhabitants if Dibon are to come down from their glory and sit in misery; those of Aroer are to ask the fugitives what has happened, that they may learn that the whole table-land on to the Arnon has been taken by the enemy; and they are to howl over the calamity. The idea presented in Jer 48:18 is an imitation of that in Isa 47:1, "Come down, O daughter of Babylon, sit in the dust;" but רדי is intensified by the addition of מכּבוד, and וּשׁבי על is changed into וּשׁבי בצּמא (the Kethib ישׁבי has evidently been written by mistake for וּשׁבי, the Qeri). צמא elsewhere means "thirst;" but "sit down in the…”