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Jeremiah 50:38

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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.

Jeremiah 50:38 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 50:38

Theological / Devotional

Waters. The prosperity of Babylonia depended upon her two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates (see on vs. 12, 35).

Mad upon their idols. Or, “with horrible things they act like mad men.” The prophet probably has in mind orgies performed in the presence of grotesque, and often obscene, idols.

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