Jeremiah 51:31 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition 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, Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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 side and to its farthest end, American Standard Version (1901) 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: Common English Bible Courier joins courier, messenger joins messenger to relate the news to the king of Babylon that his entire city has fallen. 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, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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: |
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
And he wrote in the king Ahasue´rus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Mer´odach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
and that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.