American Standard Version
"and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. "
— Jeremiah 51:32, American Standard Version
“And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.”
“and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.”
“They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified.”
“And that the fords are taken, and the marshes are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.”
“And the ways across the river have been taken, and the water-holes ... burned with fire, and the men of war are in the grip of fear.”
“And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.”
And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
One post shall 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 affrighted.
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, 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.
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.
The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.