Jeremiah 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.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 50:2 opens the prophecy with the shaming of Babylon's idols — directly connecting to the 'land of idols' in Jeremiah 50:38 that experiences drought.

Jeremiah 50:12 describes Babylon's mother becoming a dry, desert land — mirroring the drought on waters in Jeremiah 50:38 within the same oracle.

Jeremiah 51:32–36 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 51:32-36 details the seizure of fords and burning of marshes — effectively drying up Babylon's water defenses, fulfilling the drought judgment.

Jeremiah 51:44 punishes the idol Bel — the same idolatry that caused the drought on Babylon's waters in Jeremiah 50:38.

Jeremiah 51:52 echoes this same judgment on Babylon's idols, promising punishment for them.

In Jeremiah 51:36, the same drought imagery recurs — God will dry up Babylon’s waters, directly expanding this verse’s promise of judgment.

Jeremiah 51:37 describes Babylon as a heap of ruins — the drought here leads to that desolation, showing the complete outcome of God’s judgment.

Isaiah 46:1-7 depicts the humiliation of Babylon's gods Bel and Nebo — directly paralleling the judgment on idols here.

Daniel 5:4 Parallel

Daniel 5:4 shows Babylon's leaders praising idols during Belshazzar's feast — the very idolatry that brings judgment here.

Habakkuk 2:19 pronounces woe on those who worship lifeless idols — directly related to the 'idols that will go mad' here.

Revelation 16:12 depicts the Euphrates drying up as an end-time judgment — a direct echo of the drought on Babylon's waters in Jeremiah 50:38.

Revelation 17:5 reveals the symbolic 'Babylon the Great' — the ultimate idolatrous system that Jeremiah's Babylon prefigures.

Isaiah 21:9 Parallel

Isaiah 21:9 declares Babylon fallen and its gods shattered — the same fate prophesied here, reinforcing the certainty of judgment on idolatry.

Isaiah 44:27 declares God dries up streams — the same divine action applied to Babylon's waters in Jeremiah 50:38.