Jeremiah 51:32 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Jeremiah 51:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The passages are stopped - The ferries are seized, occupied. The historians state that when Cyrus captured the city his troops moved down the bed of the river and occupied all these ferries, find...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 50:1 to Jeremiah 51:58 . Babylon. This long and monotonous prophecy, which is without order or logical development of ideas, is largely a compilation from the prophetic writings of Jere...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

passages . fords. stopped . seized. men. Hebrew, plural of 'enosh.
Jeremiah 51:32 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

This verse most clearly proves that Jeremiah was God’s herald, and that his language was under the guidance of the celestial Spirit; for he sets forth the manner in which Babylon was taken, as...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. That the passages are stopped - Either the bridges or slips for boats, by which the inh...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

One post shall run to meet another— As Babylon was taken by surprise, this occasioned many messengers to run one after another, to acquaint the king with this sudden and unexpected event. Herodotus...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. Passages are stopped - the guarded fords of the Euphrates are occupied by the e...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-14. The end of Babylon arrives.
Jeremiah 51:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That the passages are stopped. — These were probably the ferries across the Euphrates, by which one part of the city was in communication with the other. These were at the ends of the streets that...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXV BABYLON Jeremiah 50:1-46 , Jeremiah 51:1-64 "Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces."- Jeremiah 50:2 THESE Chapter s present phenomena analogous to t...
Jeremiah 51:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the second movement of the prophecy which deals with Babylon's doom and Israel's responsibility, Jeremiah first repeated his declarations concerning the determination of Jehovah to bring about the...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Is not this command to the people of God, to go out of Babylon, the same as gospel precepts, 2 Corinthians 6:17-18 ; Revelation 18:4 .
Jeremiah 51:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And that the passages are stopped ,.... Or "taken", or "seized" o; where Cyrus placed soldiers to keep them; these were the passages leading from the river Euphrates to the city, the keys of it; the...
Jeremiah 51:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. Ver. 32. And that the passages are stopped. ] Or, Taken, seized, surprised. as Je...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight: they have remained , &c. “The year before the siege of Babylon, Cyrus overthrew Belshazzar in battle, whereupon his army retreated within the wa...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Babylon. B. C. 595. 1 Thus saith the L ORD ; Behold, I will raise up aga...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This was part of the message which the prophet saith the messenger should carry to the king of Babylon, that was in the other part of the city, that the passages over the river Euphrates, or any othe...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Babylonian Response ( Jeremiah 51:30-33 ). As already mentioned Gobryas, the Persian general, took the city of Babylon by stealth, having diverted the water course that led into the city, thus...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—For Chronological Notes, see foregoing chapter. Geographical References. — Jeremiah 51:27 . “ The kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenas .” These nations of West...
Jeremiah 51:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 51:7 . Babylon is a golden cup in the hands of Jehovah. All the captives and allies are intoxicated with it. All nations bow to her idols, submit to her power, wonder at her riches, appla...
Jeremiah 51:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 51:1 Against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me . The Hebrew has lēb-kāmai , which is Kasdim , or Chaldea, written in the cypher called...
Jeremiah 51:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Work of the Spoilers
Jeremiah 51:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 44:27 ; Jeremiah 50:37 ; Jeremiah 50:38 ; Jeremiah 51:30
Jeremiah 51:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The passages — The passages over the river Euphrates, and all the other passages by which the Babylonians might make their escape, were guarded with soldiers. Reeds — On the border of the river Eup...

Jeremiah 51:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 51:32 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:32 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 51:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 51:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 51:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 51:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 51:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 51:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 51:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 51:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 51:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 51:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 51:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 51:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 51:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 51:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 51:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes