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Jeremiah 51:30
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28 Prepare against her the nations,
With the kings of the Medes,
Its governors and all its rulers,
All the land of his dominion.
29 And the land will tremble and sorrow;
For every apurpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon,
bTo make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant. 
30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
aThey became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
bThe bars of her gate are broken. 
31 aOne runner will run to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides; 
32 aThe passages are blocked,
The reeds they have burned with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.  
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Jeremiah 51:30

Have forborn to fight - Or, have ceased to fight: in despair when they saw that the conflict was hopeless.

Holds - The word properly means an acropolis, and so any inaccessible place of refuge.

They have burned - i. e., the enemy have burned.

Bars - i. e., fortifications (compare Amos 1:5).




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 51:30:

Psalms 52:1
Isaiah 19:16
Nahum 3:13

 

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