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Jeremiah 51:32
“and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.”
Jeremiah 51:32 in the King James Version
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.Read Jeremiah 51:32 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — Jeremiah 51
The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:
and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has, like a monster, swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies; he has cast me out.
Cross references for Jeremiah 51:32
- Isaiah 44:27
who says to the deep, 'Be dry,' and 'I will dry up your rivers;
- Jeremiah 50:37-38
A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed. A drought is on her waters, and they shall be...
- Jeremiah 51:30
The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
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