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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Jer 51:32
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
Jer 51:32 · Douay-Rheims
“And that the fords are taken, and the marshes are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.”
On this verse:
“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."”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.