American King James 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 at one end, "
— Jeremiah 51:31, American 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,”
“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: ”
“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:”
“One runner after another will come to the king of Babylon. One messenger after another will come bringing news. They will bring news to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured.”
“One 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:”
“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:”
“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,”
Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
The mighty men of Babylon have declined to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might has failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwelling places; her bars are broken.
One 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,
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has swallowed me up like a dragon, he has filled his belly with my delicates, he has cast me out.