Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
passages are stopped—The guarded fords of the Euphrates are occupied by the enemy (see on Jeremiah 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."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 51:32:
Isaiah 44:27
Jeremiah 50:38
Jeremiah 51:13
Jeremiah 51:42
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