Jeremiah 51:31

Modern English Version

One courier will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end,

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:6

So couriers ran throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, as the king had commanded, which read: “Sons of Israel, return to the Lord of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel that He might turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the king of Assyria.

Esther 8:10

He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent the letters by couriers on horseback, riding on thoroughbred royal steeds.

Esther 8:14

So the couriers riding on royal steeds went out with haste and urgency by the king’s edict. The decree was given at the citadel of Susa.

Job 9:25

“Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good.

Jeremiah 4:20

Destruction upon destruction is proclaimed, for the whole land is devastated. Suddenly are my tents devastated, and my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 50:2

Declare among the nations and proclaim, and set up a standard; do not conceal it, but say, Babylon has been captured. Bel has been humiliated. Marduk has been broken in pieces; her idols have been humiliated; her images have been broken in pieces.

Jeremiah 50:24

I have laid a snare for you, and you were also caught, O Babylon, and you were not aware. You have been found, and also caught, because you have strived against the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon has heard the report of them, and his hands were feeble. Anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 51:32

and the passages have been seized, and they have burned the reeds with fire, and the men of war are terrified.

Daniel 5:30

That same night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was slain.