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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.
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A Prophecy Fulfilled
Several commentators, like John Calvin, see the phrase "a drought is upon her waters" as a remarkably specific prophecy. Historically, Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon by diverting the Euphrates River, effectively drying up the waterways that served as the city's primary defense. This allowed his army to walk into the city on the dry riverbed. The prophecy didn't just predict Babylon's fall, but the very method by which it would happen.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A drought - Rather, “a sword,” that is, military skill and forethought.
They are mad upon their idols - Omit their. The word fo…
19th Century
Anglican
A drought is upon her waters. —Better, A sword. The Hebrew word for “drought” has the same consonants as that fo…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the same word is used in a different sense: he had often previously used the word חרב, chereb, “sword;” but now by changing only a po…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
A drought [is] upon her waters, and they shall be dried up, etc.] Either on the waters of the land of Chaldea in general, from whic…
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 domi…