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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.
Ver. 38. A drought is upon her waters.] Which Cyrus did so drain by many outlets, that without any great difficulty he took the city, assaulting it on two sides. Frontinius saith, {a} that thrice Babylon was taken by this stratagem; (1.) By Semiramis; (2.) By Cyrus; (3.) By Alexander the Great.
And they are mad upon their idols.] {b} Deos terrificos et truces, statues of their kings and worthies, which were of a huge, vast stature. See Dan_3:1.
{a} Lib. iii. c. 7. s. 4.
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