31One courier follows another and messenger follows messenger to announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured,


In Context

28 Prepare the nations for battle against her- the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the countries they rule.

29 The land trembles and writhes, for the Lord 's purposes against Babylon stand- to lay waste the land of Babylon so that no one will live there.

30 Babylon's warriors have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.

31 One courier follows another and messenger follows messenger to announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured,

32 the river crossings seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers terrified."

33 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled; the time to harvest her will soon come."

Jeremiah 51:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:31One 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,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

51:31One running post shall meet another, and messenger shall meet messenger: to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from one end to the other:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

51:31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to met another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:31Courier 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;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

51:31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:31One 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:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

51:31Runner 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,