Jeremiah 51:32

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the passages have been captured, And the reeds they have burnt with fire, And the men of war have been troubled.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 51:32 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 44:27who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
  2. Jeremiah 50:37A 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.
  3. Jeremiah 51:30The 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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