Jeremiah Chapter 51 verse 31 Holy Bible
One 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:
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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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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;
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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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One 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:
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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.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 31. - One post shall run to meet another, etc. The wall being broken through at various points, couriers would meet each other on their way to the royal palace. This was itself a fortress in the centre of the city, on the Euphrates. The newly discovered cylinder inscription, however, shows that Nabonidus, the last King of Babylon, was not actually in the city at the time of the capture. At one end; rather, from end to end (see on Jeremiah 50:26).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(31) One post shall run to meet another.--The words exactly answer to the account of the capture of Babylon given in Herod. i. (see Note on Jeremiah 51:24). The history of Belshazzar's feast (Daniel 5:1-30) must obviously have ended in a like result. No words could paint more vividly the panic of the surprised city.