KJV King James Version
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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Jeremiah 51:32
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”
WEB World English Bible
and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
ASV American Standard Version
and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the passages have been captured, And the reeds they have burnt with fire, And the men of war have been troubled.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 51
29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in [their] holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at [one] end,
32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon [is] like a threshingfloor, [it is] time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
35 The violence done to me and to my flesh [be] upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
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Jeremiah 51:30The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in [their] holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.Jeremiah 50:37-38A sword [is] upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that [are] in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword [is] upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.Isaiah 44:27That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
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