Jeremiah 50:38
A drought, is against her waters, And they shall be dried up,—For a land of images, it is, And with their shocking things, they act as men who are mad:
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Judges 6:30So the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring forth thy son, that he may die,—because he hath overthrown the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the sacred stem that was by it.
Isaiah 44:27Who saith to the deep—Be dry and Thy rivers, will I drain!
Jeremiah 50:2Tell ye among the nations And let it be heard And lift ye up a standard, Let it be heard do not conceal: Say ye—Captured is Babylon, Confounded is Bel, Broken in pieces is Merodach, Confounded are her images, Broken down her manufactured gods;
Jeremiah 51:7A cup of gold, was Babylon in the hand of Yahweh, Making drunk all the earth,—Of her wine, have the nations drunk, For this cause have the nations been acting as men who are mad.
Jeremiah 51:44So will I bring punishment upon Bel in Babylon, And will bring forth what he hath swallowed out of his mouth, And the nations shall stream unto him no more,—Even the wall of Babylon hath fallen!
Jeremiah 51:52Therefore, lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, When I will bring punishment upon her images; And throughout all her land, shall the pierced one groan.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 50:34-46
The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 33 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord , and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon… Read the whole commentary →