jeremiah 51:32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

jeremiah 51:32 The fords also have been seized, And they have burned the marshes with fire, And the men of war are terrified.

32. passages are stopped--The guarded fords of the Euphrates are occupied by the enemy (see on Jer 50:38).
reeds . . . burned--literally, "the marsh." After draining off the river, Cyrus "burned" the stockade of dense tree-like "reeds" on its banks, forming the outworks of the city's fortifications. The burning of these would give the appearance of the marsh or river itself being on "fire."

jeremiah 51:32 The fords also have been seized, And they have burned the marshes with fire, And the men of war are terrified.

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