King James Version
Jeremiah 51:32 in the King James Version says “And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 51 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.”
Jeremiah 51:32 · King James Version
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.
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,
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
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. it is: or, in the time that he thresheth her
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.
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Compare 4 commentaries from different scholars and time periods for a richer understanding.
“And that the passages”
H4569a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e., (figuratively) overwhelming
“are stopped”
H8610to manipulate, i.e., seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and the reeds”
H98a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“are affrighted”
H926to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e., (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
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