Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 50:38

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 .

Some think that this phrase hath a special reference to Cyrus his Stratagem used in the surprize of Babylon, one part of it was fortified by the great River Euphrates, running on one side, which Cyrus diverted by cutting several Channels, till he had drained it so low, that it became passable for his Army to go over: Others think that a want of Rain is here threatned.

God gives the reason of this Judgment which was their Idolatry, and exceeding zeal for it.

Marginal references: chap. 51.3[illegible: 1 letter] ▪ 36.