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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me,.... Or "us" (w); everyone of us: these are the words of Zion and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The passages are stopped - The ferries are seized, occupied. The historians state that when Cyrus captured the city his…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 51:1-58
The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
passages mg. fords, but perhaps we should take it as meaning here ferriesover the Euphrates.
reeds mg. marshes, Heb.…