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Jeremiah 51:32
32The fords have also been seized and the marshes burned with fire, so the warriors are in panic.
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
30Babylon’s warriors ceased fighting. They stay in their strongholds. Their might is exhausted. They have become like women. Her dwellings are set ablaze, her gate-bars are broken. 31One runner runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to tell Babylon’s king that his city has been taken from end to end. The fords have also been seized and the marshes burned with fire, so the warriors are in panic. 33For thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at treading time. A little longer, and the time of harvest for her will come.” 34“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me, crushed me, set me aside like an empty dish, swallowed me up like a dragon, filled his belly with my delicacies, rinsed me away.”
Read all of Jeremiah 51Jeremiah 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 is on her waters, so they will be dried up. For it is a land of idols— they are mad about horrible things.
- Isaiah 44:27while saying to the deep, “Be dry, I will dry up your rivers,”
- Jeremiah 51:30Babylon’s warriors ceased fighting. They stay in their strongholds. Their might is exhausted. They have become like women. Her dwellings are set ablaze, her gate-bars are broken.
- Jeremiah 50:37A sword on their horses, their chariots, on all the mixed people within her, so they will become like women! A sword on her treasures— so they may be plundered.
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
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