Jeremiah 51:32

passages mg. fords, but perhaps we should take it as meaning here ferriesover the Euphrates.

reeds mg. marshes, Heb. pools. The sense is either that the great reed beds which served as defences are burned, or (by a violent hyperbole) that the pools which protected the city are dried up. Perhaps the text is corrupt. If so, "palaces," "defences," "barricades" are suggested as emendations.