Jeremiah 51:31

Bible in Basic English 1965

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:

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:6

So runners went with letters from the king and his chiefs through all Israel and Judah, by the order of the king, saying, O children of Israel, come back again to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he may come again to that small band of you which has been kept safe out of the hands of the kings of Assyria.

Esther 8:10

The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:

Esther 8:14

So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business, wasting no time and forced on by the king's order; and the order was given out in Shushan, the king's town.

Job 9:25

My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good.

Jeremiah 4:20

News is given of destruction on destruction; all the land is made waste: suddenly my tents, straight away my curtains, are made waste.

Jeremiah 50:2

Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep nothing back; say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is broken, her images are put to shame, her gods are broken.

Jeremiah 50:24

I have put a net for you, and you have been taken, O Babylon, without your knowledge: you have been uncovered and taken because you were fighting against the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon has had news of them, and his hands have become feeble: trouble has come on him and pain like the pain of a woman in childbirth.

Jeremiah 51:32

And the ways across the river have been taken, and the water-holes (UNTRANSLATED TEXT) burned with fire, and the men of war are in the grip of fear.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.