Jeremiah 50:38 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 50:38

A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up,.... Either on the waters of the land of Chaldea in general, from whence should follow barrenness, and so a want of the necessaries of life; hence Kimchi interprets it of a consumption of riches, and all good things; or on the waters of Babylon, the river Euphrates, which ran through it; the channel of which was diverted by Cyrus, and drained and made so dry, that he marched his army up it into the city.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A drought is upon her waters - May not this refer to the draining of the channel of the Euphrates, by which the army of Cyrus entered the city. See on Jer 50:24 (note). The original is, however, חרב chereb, a sword, as in the preceding verses, which signifies war, or any calamity by which the thing on which it falls is ruined.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
חֹ֥רֶב	Cho.rev	a drought	H2721 →
אֶל־	'el-	against	H413 →
מֵימֶ֖יהָ	mei.Mei.ha	waters its	H4325 →
וְיָבֵ֑שׁוּ	ve.ya.Ve.shu	and they will dry up	H3001 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
אֶ֤רֶץ	'E.retz	[is] a land of	H776 →
פְּסִלִים֙	pe.si.Lim	idols	H6456 →
הִ֔יא	Hi'	it	H1931 →
וּבָאֵימִ֖ים	u.va.'ei.Mim	and in <the> terrors	H367 →
יִתְהֹלָֽלוּ׃	yit.ho.La.lu	they will act like mad people	H1984 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 50:2
“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced,…
leads to
- Isaiah 21:9
  Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 51:47
  Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 46:1
  Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
Through
Revelation 16:12
And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:36
  Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 9:14
  saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
Through
Isaiah 44:27
who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
leads to
- Isaiah 42:15
  I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Jeremiah 51:47
Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
leads to
- Jeremiah 50:2
  “Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced,…
- Jeremiah 51:52
  “Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.

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06About Jeremiah

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