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Jeremiah 50:38
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36 A sword is aagainst the soothsayers, and they will be fools.
A sword is against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed. 
37 A sword is against their horses,
Against their chariots,
And against all athe mixed peoples who are in her midst;
And bthey will become like women.
A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed. 
38 a1A drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up.
For it is the land of carved images,
And they are insane with their idols. 
39 “Thereforea the wild desert beasts shall dwell there with the jackals,
And the ostriches shall dwell in it.
bIt shall be inhabited no more forever,
Nor shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. 
40 aAs God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the Lord,
“So no one shall reside there,
Nor son of man bdwell in it. 
41 “Behold,a a people shall come from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Shall be raised up from the ends of the earth. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 50:38

drought—Altering the pointing, this verse will begin as the three previous verses, "A sword." However, all the pointed manuscripts read, "A drought," as English Version. Cyrus turned off the waters of the Euphrates into a new channel and so marched through the dried-up bed into the city (Jeremiah 51:32). Babylonia once was famed for its corn, which often yielded from one to two hundredfold [HERODOTUS]. This was due to its network of water-courses from the Euphrates for irrigation, traces of which [LAYARD] are seen still on all sides, but dry and barren (Isaiah 44:27).

their idols—literally, "terrors." They are mad after idols that are more calculated to frighten than to attract (Jeremiah 51:44, Jeremiah 51:47, Jeremiah 51:52; Daniel 3:1). Mere bugbears with which to frighten children.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 50:38:

Isaiah 13:9
Jeremiah 51:32
Jeremiah 51:36
Daniel 5:30

 

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