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