Jeremiah 51:31

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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KJV

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,

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WEB

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.

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ASV

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:

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Jeremiah 51

²⁹ The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

³⁰ The 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.

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.

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

³³ For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”

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