Jeremiah 51:32 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 51:32

The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”

BSB

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ASV

and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

KJV

And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The passages - The passages over the river Euphrates, and all the other passages by which the Babylonians might make their escape, were guarded with soldiers. Reeds - On the border of the river Euphrates were vast quantities of great and tall reeds, which with the mud in which they stood, were as another wall to the city; but the Medes had burnt them so as the way was open.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהַמַּעְבָּר֣וֹת	ve.ha.ma'.ba.Rot	and the fords	H4569 →
נִתְפָּ֔שׂוּ	nit.Pa.su	they have been seized	H8610 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הָאֲגַמִּ֖ים	ha.'a.ga.Mim	the reed-marshes	H98 →
שָׂרְפ֣וּ	sa.re.Fu	they have burned	H8313 →
בָאֵ֑שׁ	va.'Esh	with <the> fire	H784 →
וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י	ve.'an.Shei	and [the] men of	H582 →
הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה	ha.mil.cha.Mah	<the> war	H4421 →
נִבְהָֽלוּ׃ ס	niv.Ha.lu	they are terrified	H926 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 51:30
The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
leads to
- Nahum 3:13
  Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
- Jeremiah 50:36–37
  A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.
- Isaiah 19:16
  In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.
- Lamentations 2:9
  Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find…
- Isaiah 13:7–8
  Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
Through
Isaiah 44:27
who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
leads to
- Jeremiah 50:38
  A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
- Jeremiah 51:36
  Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
- Isaiah 42:15
  I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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06About Jeremiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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About Jeremiah