Translation | Verse | Text |
King James | Jer 50:38 | 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. |
Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
DROUGHT | Was an evil to which Palestine was naturally subject, as no rain fell from May to September. During these months of summer, the ground became parched and cleft, the streams and springs became dry, and vegetation was kept from extinction by the dews at night and by artificial irrigation. If rain did not come in its season and abundantly, the distress was general and dreadful. A drought therefore is threatened as one of God's sorest judgments, Job 24:19 Jer 50:38 Joe 1:10-20 Hag 1:11; and there are many allusions to its horrors in Scripture, De 28:23 Ps 32:4 102:4. |