Jeremiah 51:32

Modern

The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”

Traditional

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

Literal

…the fords have been seized, and the marshes they have burned with fire, and the men of war are terrified.”

Latin

Et vada præoccupata sunt, et paludes incensæ sunt igni, et viri bellatores conturbati sunt.

Hebrew

English

The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah 50:37–38
A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
Isaiah 44:27
…who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
Jeremiah 51:30
The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.