Jeremiah 50:38
“A drought is vpon her waters, and they shalbe dried vp: for it is the land of grauen images, and they are madde vpon their idoles.”
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Jeremiah 50:38 Context
36A sword is vpon the lyers, and they shall dote: a sword is vpon her mighty men, and they shalbe dismayed. 37A sword is vpon their horses, and vpon their charets, and vpon all the mingled people that are in the middest of her, and they shall become as women: a sword is vpon her treasures, and they shall be robbed. 38A drought is vpon her waters, and they shalbe dried vp: for it is the land of grauen images, and they are madde vpon their idoles. 39Therefore the wilde beasts of the desert with the wilde beastes of the Ilands shall dwel there, and the owles shall dwell therein: & it shalbe no more inhabited for euer: neither shall it bee dwelt in frō generation to generation. 40As God ouerthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour cities thereof, sayth the Lord: so shall no man abide there, neither shal any sonne of man dwell therein.
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Other Translations for Jeremiah 50:38
A drought [is] upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it [is] the land of graven images, and they are mad upon [their] idols.
- King James Version
"A drought on her waters, and they will be dried up! For it is a land of idols, And they are mad over fearsome idols.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad over idols.
- American Standard Version (1901)
A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on false gods.
- Basic English Bible
a drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad after frightful idols.
- Darby Bible
A drouth is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
- Webster's Bible
A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
- World English Bible
A sword [is] on her waters, and they have been dried up, For it [is] a land of graven images, And in idols they do boast themselves.
- Youngs Literal Bible
A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad upon things of horror.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 50:38
50:38 Dried - This phrase has a plain reference to Cyrus's stratagem used in the surprize of Babylon; one part of it was fortified by the great river Euphrates, which Cyrus diverted by cutting several channels, 'till he had drained it so low, that it became passable for his army; others think that a want of rain is here threatened.