Jer 51:32 | JFB | STEP | 32. passages are stopped —The guarded fords of the Euphrates are occupied by the enemy (see on ). 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."

Jeremiah 51:32

32. 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."