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Jeremiah 51:32

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And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
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  1. Isaiah 44:27Rank 1 from verse 32
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    27That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

  2. Jeremiah 50:37–38Rank 2 from verse 32
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    37A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.

    38A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

  3. Jeremiah 51:30Rank 3 from verse 32
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    30The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

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Jeremiah 51:32

COMBINED MEANING

stopped

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Closed, blocked, obstructed, restrained, intercepted, or silenced so that flow, passage, action, or reply could not continue.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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reeds

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1. Units of length measured by a measuring reed. 2. Tall, cane-like plants growing in or near water.

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burned

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of burn, meaning to consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

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war

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Sense 1: Armed conflict. Sense 2: As a verb, to fight or contend.

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affrighted

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Suddenly alarmed with fear; terrified; followed by at or with, more generally by at.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

32And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

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33For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

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