Catholic Public Domain Version
"Runner will go forth to meet runner, and messenger will meet messenger, so as to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured, from one end to the other, "
— Jeremiah 51:31, Catholic Public Domain 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,”
Sanctify the nations against her: the kings of Media, their military leaders, and all their civil leaders, and the entire land under their authority.
And the earth will be shaken and will be disturbed. For the plan of the Lord against Babylon will awaken, so that he may make the land of Babylon desolate and uninhabitable.
The strong ones of Babylon have ceased to do battle. They have lived in fortresses. Their health has been devoured, and they have become like women. Her tabernacles have been set ablaze; her bars have been broken.
Runner will go forth to meet runner, and messenger will meet messenger, so as to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured, from one end to the other,
and that the fords were seized in advance, and that the marshes have been burned with fire, and that the men of war have been set in disarray.
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor. This is the time of her threshing. A little while longer, and the time of her harvest will arrive.”
“Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has consumed me, has devoured me. He has made me like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a dragon. He has filled his belly with my tender ones, and he has cast me out.