Jeremiah 48:18

48:18 Come down from your place of honor;

sit on the dry ground, ¹  you who live in Dibon. ² 

For the one who will destroy Moab will attack you;

he will destroy your fortifications.

Jeremiah 48:22

48:22 on Dibon, Nebo, and Beth Diblathaim,

[48:18]  ¹ tn Heb “sit in thirst.” The abstract “thirst” is put for the concrete, i.e., thirsty or parched ground (cf. Deut 8:19; Isa 35:7; Ps 107:33) for the concrete. There is no need to emend to “filth” (צֹאָה [tso’ah] for צָמָא [tsama’]) as is sometimes suggested.

[48:18]  ² tn Heb “inhabitant of Daughter Dibon.” “Daughter” is used here as often in Jeremiah for the personification of a city, a country, or its inhabitants. The word “inhabitant” is to be understood as a collective as also in v. 19.