Jeremiah 51:32

The Passion Translation

Another says, “The river crossings have been overrun.” And another, “The thickets and reed marshes have all been burned.” And yet another one says, “All your fighting men are gripped with panic.”

Cross References

Isaiah 44:27

I say to deep waters, ‘Dry up!’ and to rivers, ‘Become dry!’

Isaiah 47:14

Look at them! They’re nothing but straw for the consuming fire. They can’t even rescue themselves from the power of the flame. And this is not some cozy fire that you sit beside to keep yourself warm!

Jeremiah 51:30

Babylon’s warriors had enough of fighting, so they stayed inside their forts. With their courage melted away, they have been left like ordinary civilians. Their city gates have been broken through, and her houses are on fire.

Jeremiah 51:31

Courier after courier, messenger after messenger, runs to inform the king of Babylon: One says, “Your city has been taken from every side.”

Jeremiah 51:33

For Yahweh, the God of Israel, Commander of Angel Armies, says to you: “When people trample down the threshing place, the time of threshing is not far off. The time to harvest Fair Babylon is almost here!”

Jeremiah 52:7

That was when the Babylonians broke through the city wall. That same night, Zedekiah and his soldiers tried to escape through the gate between the two walls near the royal garden even though they knew the enemy had the city surrounded. They fled toward the Jordan Valley,