38A drought on her waters! They will dry up. For it is a land of idols, idols that will go mad with terror.


In Context

35 "A sword against the Babylonians!" declares the Lord - "against those who live in Babylon and against her officials and wise men!

36 A sword against her false prophets! They will become fools. A sword against her warriors! They will be filled with terror.

37 A sword against her horses and chariots and all the foreigners in her ranks! They will become women. A sword against her treasures! They will be plundered.

38 A drought on her waters! They will dry up. For it is a land of idols, idols that will go mad with terror.

39 "So desert creatures and hyenas will live there, and there the owl will dwell. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.

40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighboring towns," declares the Lord , "so no one will live there; no man will dwell in it.

Jeremiah 50:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

50:38A 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

50:38A drought upon her waters, and they shall be dried up: because it is a land of idols, and they glory in monstrous things.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

50:38A 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

50:38a 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

50:38A 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

50:38A 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

50:38A 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

50:38A 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

50:38A drought is on her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad on their idols.