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Jeremiah 51:32
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The fords have been seized,the marshes set on fire,and the fighting men are terrified.
and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
the fords have been seized, the marshes are burned with fire, and the soldiers are in panic.
The river crossing places have been seized, And they have burned the marshes with fire, And the men of war are terrified.
The river crossings have been captured, and the swamplands are burning. All of Babylon's soldiers are terribly afraid."
And that the fords [across the Euphrates] have been blocked and [the ferries] seized, And they have set the [great] marshes on fire, And the men of war are terrified.
and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
And that the passages are stopped, and the reedes burnt with fire, & the me of war troubled.
The fords also have been seized, And they have burned the marshes with fire, And the men of war are terrified.
The fords also have been seized,And they have burned the marshes with fire,And the men of war are terrified.
The enemy now controls the river crossings! The marshes are on fire! Your army has panicked!"
the fords have been occupied, and the swamp thickets set on fire, while the warriors are seized with panic.
and the passages are seized, and the reedy places are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
The places where people cross the rivers have been captured. The swamplands are burning. All of Babylon's soldiers are afraid."
And that the crossings are seized and the bastions are burned with fire and all the men of war are in confusion.
The enemy have captured the river crossing and have set the fortresses on fire. The Babylonian soldiers have panicked.
And the fords have been seized, and the reed marshes have been burned with fire, and the soldiers are horrified.
and that the fords are captured. And they have burned the reeds with fire, and the men of war are terrified.
the foordes occupyde, the fennes brent vp, and the souldyers sore afrayed.
and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
And the ways across the river have been taken, and the water-holes ••• Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. burned with fire, and the men of war are in the grip of fear.
And the fords are seized, and the castles they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
And that the passages are stopped, and the reedes they haue burnt with fire, and the men of warre are afrighted.
The foordes occupied, the fennes burnt vp, and the souldiers sore afrayde.
and the passages are surprised, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
and the forthis ben bifore ocupied, and the mareisis ben brent with fier, and the men werryours ben disturblid.
and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified.
The passages are blocked, The reeds they have burned with fire, And the men of war are terrified.
All the escape routes are blocked. The marshes have been set aflame, and the army is in a panic.
The ways to cross the river have been stopped. The water grass has been burned with fire. And the soldiers are filled with fear.
the fords have been seized, the marshes have been burned with fire, and the soldiers are in panic.
and The fords, have been seized, and The reeds, have they burned with fire; and The men of war, are dismayed!
And that the fords are taken, and the marshes are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
the fords have been seized, the bulwarks are burned with fire, and the soldiers are in panic.
And the passages have been captured, And the reeds they have burnt with fire, And the men of war have been troubled.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the passages: Jeremiah 50:38, Isaiah 44:27
the men: Jeremiah 51:30, Jeremiah 50:37
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 19:26 - of small power Psalms 68:30 - company of spearmen Psalms 102:20 - to loose Jeremiah 50:36 - her mighty Jeremiah 52:7 - all the men
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And that the passages are stopped,.... Or "taken", or "seized" o; where Cyrus placed soldiers to keep them; these were the passages leading from the river Euphrates to the city, the keys of it; the little gates, that Herodotus p speaks of, leading to the river, which were left open that night. Kimchi thinks the towers built by the river side, to keep the enemy out, that should attempt to enter, are meant; these were now in his hands;
and the reeds they have burnt with fire; which grew upon the banks of the river, and in the marshes adjoining to it. Some render it, "the marshes" q; that is, the reeds and bulrushes in them, which usually grow in such places. And Herodotus r makes mention of a marsh Cyrus came to; the reeds in it he burnt, having many torches, with which he might set fire to them; as he proposed with them to burn the houses, doors, and porches s; either to make way for his army, which might hinder the march of it; or to give light, that they might see their way into the city the better: though some think it was to terrify the inhabitants; which seems not so likely, since he marched up to the royal palace with great secrecy. This circumstance is mentioned, to show the certainty of the enemy's entrance, and the taking of part of the city. R. Jonah, from the Arabic language, in which the word t here used signifies "fortresses", so renders it here;
and the men of war are affrighted; and so fled, and left the passes, towers, and fortresses, which fell into the hands of Cyrus, as soon as they perceived his army was come up the channel and was landed, and the reeds were burnt.
o נתפשו "praeoccupata", V. L. "comprehensa", Montanus; "occupati", Tigurine version, Schmidt. p L. 1. sive Clio, c. 191. q את אגמים "paludes", V. L. Syr. Grotius; "stagna", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt. r L. 1. sive Clio, c. 191. s Xenophon, Cyropaedia, l. 7. c. 22. t "arundinetum feris et hinc munimentum, castellum", Camus apud Golium, col. 33. "castellum, munimentum viarum, arces", Castel. Lex. col. 29.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The 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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 51:32. That 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 reeds in the marshy ground, in order the better to clear the places, and give a freer passage to the water, that it may neither stagnate nor turn the solid ground into a marsh. Dr. Blayney thinks it refers to the firing of the houses, in order to throw the inhabitants into the greater confusion; but no historian makes any mention of burning the city, except what is said Jeremiah 51:30, "They have burned her dwelling places;" and this may be a poetical expression. That they burnt nothing before they took the city must be evident from the circumstance of their taking the city by surprise, in the night time, with the greatest secrecy. Still there might have been some gates, barricadoes, or wooden works, serving for barracks or such like, which obstructed some of the great passages, which, when they had entered, they were obliged to burn, in order to get themselves a ready passage through the city. This is the more likely because this burning of reeds is connected with the stopping of the passages, burning the dwelling places, and breaking the bars.
