Madmen — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Town in Moab, according to Jeremiah’s oracle (Jer 48:2). It may be a form created by dittography from an original Dimon, as in the oracle against Moab by Isaiah (Is 15:9). If so, Khirbet Dimneh, seven and a half miles (12.1 kilometers) northwest of Kerak at the head of Wadi Beni Hammad, would be a possible site. In any case, there is a word play in the Jeremiah passage between the place-name and the Hebrew word “be silent.”

Show passage in OET: JER 48:2

OET-RV JER 48:2

2 No one will praise Moav again.
⇔ Their enemies in Heshbon plotted disaster against them, saying,
⇔ Let’s go and destroy it as a nation.
⇔ Madmen will be silenced after the sword finishes with you.

OET-LV JER 48:2

2 Not will _be_again the _praise _of Mōʼāⱱ in_Ḩeshbōn people _have _planned on/upon_it(f) calamity come and_let_us _cut _it _off from_a _nation also Oh _Madmen you _will _be _silent after_you the_sword it _will _go.

Show passage in OET: ISA 15:9

OET-RV ISA 15:9

9 because the Dimon stream is full of blood,
⇔ → However, I’ll bring more on Dimon.
⇔ I’ll send a lion for Moav’s survivors,
⇔ ≈ and for the remnant of the land.

OET-LV ISA 15:9

9 If/because the _waters _of Dimōn they _are _full blood if/because I _will _put on Dimōn added_things will_be_for _the _escaped _remnant _of Mōʼāⱱ a _lion and_for_the_remainder _of the_land.

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