Jeremiah 50:38 Parallel Translations

A drought will diminish their water supply, and it will dry up. Babylon is a land of idols, statues that will go crazy with fear.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

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.

BBE:

A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on false gods.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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 idols.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

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.

Jeremiah 50:38 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 44:27 "It is I who says to the depth of the sea, 'Be dried up!' And I will make your rivers dry.

Isaiah 46:1 Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over; Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle. The things that you carry are burdensome, A load for the weary beast.

Isaiah 46:6 "Those who lavish gold from the purse And weigh silver on the scale Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; They bow down, indeed they worship it.

Jeremiah 51:32 The fords also have been seized, And they have burned the marshes with fire, And the men of war are terrified.

Jeremiah 51:36 Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am going to plead your case And exact full vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry.

Revelation 16:12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for the kings from the east. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

50:38 A {a} drought [is] upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it [is] the land of graven images, and they are mad over [their] idols.
(a) For Cyrus cut the river Euphrates and divided the course of it into many streams, so that it might be passed over as though there had been no water: which he did by the counsel of two of Belshazzar's captains, who conspired against their king, because he had gelded one of them in spite and slain the son of the other.

WES:

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.

MHC:

50:33-46 It is Israel's comfort in distress, that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the dominion of sin and corruption, and of their own weakness and manifold infirmities. Their Redeemer is able to keep what they commit to him; and sin shall not have dominion over them. He will give them that rest which remains for the people of God. Also here is Babylon's sin, and their punishment. The sins are, idolatry and persecution. He that will not save his people in their sins, never will countenance the wickedness of his open enemies. The judgments of God for these sins will lay them waste. In the judgments denounced against prosperous Babylon, and the mercies promised to afflicted Israel, we learn to choose to suffer affliction with the people of God, rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.

CONC:

FALSE Dried Drought Drouth Dry Drying Engraved Fearsome Fixed Frightful Gods Graven Horror Idols Images Mad Minds Sword Terror Themselves Waters

Boast Dried Drought Drouth Dry Drying Engraved Fearsome Fixed Frightful Gods Graven Horror Idols Images Mad Minds Sword Terror Themselves Waters

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