Jeremiah 51:32

Jeremiah 51:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
• New International Version (NIV)the river crossings seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers terrified.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)the fords have been seized, the marshes are burned with fire, and the soldiers are in panic.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The passages are blocked, The reeds they have burned with fire, And the men of war are terrified.

Context of Jeremiah 51:32

30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their fortified cities. Their strength has failed. They have become women. Their buildings are set on fire. The bars across their gates are broken. 31Runners run to meet runners. Messengers follow messengers. They inform the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured. The river crossings have been taken. The enemy has burned its marshes, and its soldiers are terrified. 33This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: The people of Babylon are like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. Their harvest time will come soon. 34King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured us. He has thrown us into confusion. He has turned us into empty jars. He has swallowed us like a monster. He has filled his belly with our delicacies. Then he spit us out.

Jeremiah 51:32 word by word

וְהַמַּעְבָּר֣וֹת נִתְפָּ֔שׂוּ וְאֶת־הָאֲגַמִּ֖ים שָׂרְפ֣וּ בָאֵ֑שׁ וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה נִבְהָֽלוּ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And that the passagesמַעֲבָרָהma‛ăbâr ma‛ăbârâh · fordH4569
• are stoppedתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• and the reedsאֲגַם'ăgam · poolH98
• they have burnedשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• and the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• of warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• are affrightedבָּהַלbâhal · to dismayH926

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:32

• Jeremiah 50:38A drought will diminish their water supply, and it will dry up. Babylon is a land of idols, statues that will go crazy with fear.
• Isaiah 44:27He says to the deep water, “Dry up.” So I will dry up your rivers.
• Jeremiah 51:30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their fortified cities. Their strength has failed. They have become women. Their buildings are set on fire. The bars across their gates are broken.
• Jeremiah 50:37A sword will kill their horses, their chariots, and all the foreigners within their ranks. They will become women. A sword will destroy their treasures, and they will be looted.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32That the passages are stopped - Either the bridges or slips for boats, by which the inhabitants passed from one side to the other, and may mean the principal gates or passes in the city, which the victorious army would immediately seize, that they might prevent all communication between the inhabitants. The reeds they have burned with fire - What this means I cannot tell, unless it refer to something done after the taking of the city. Setting fire to the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32The passages are stopped - The ferries are seized, occupied. The historians state that when Cyrus captured the city his troops moved down the bed of the river and occupied all these ferries, finding at each of them the gates negligently left open. See the Daniel 5:1 note. The reeds - literally, the marshes or pools, which formed an important part of the defenses of Babylon, were dried up as completely as a piece of wood would be consumed by fire.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. passages are stopped--The guarded fords of the Euphrates are occupied by the enemy (see on Jr 50:38). reeds ... burned--literally, "the marsh." After draining off the river, Cyrus "burned" the stockade of dense tree-like "reeds" on its banks, forming the outworks of the city's fortifications. The burning of these would give the appearance of the marsh or river itself being on "fire."Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 51

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings