Jeremiah 51:31 “One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to…”

Jeremiah 51:31

One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

One 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,

World English Bible

One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter.

American Standard Version

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

Geneva Bible 1599

A post shall runne to meete the post, and a messenger to meete the messenger, to shew the King of Babel, that his citie is taken on a side thereof,

Darby Translation

Courier runneth to meet courier, and messenger to meet messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end;

Young's Literal Translation

Runner to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city — at the extremity.

Bible in Basic English

One man, running, will give word to another, and one who goes with news will be handing it on to another, to give word to the king of Babylon that his town has been taken from every quarter:

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Cross references

“post”

2 Samuel 18:19–31 2 Chronicles 30:6 Jeremiah 4:20 Jeremiah 50:24 1 Samuel 4:12–18 Esther 3:13–15

2 Samuel 18:19–31 · BSB

Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”

2 Chronicles 30:6 · BSB

At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that…

Jeremiah 4:20 · BSB

Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 50:24 · BSB

I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.

1 Samuel 4:12–18 · BSB

That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

Esther 3:13–15 · BSB

And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the th…

“to shew”

Jeremiah 50:43 Isaiah 21:3–9 Isaiah 47:11–13 Daniel 5:2–5 Daniel 5:30

Jeremiah 50:43 · BSB

The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Isaiah 21:3–9 · BSB

Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

Isaiah 47:11–13 · BSB

But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

Daniel 5:2–5 · BSB

Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with hi…

Daniel 5:30 · BSB

That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.

32The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”

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