Jeremiah 51:31

New American Bible - revised edition

One runner meets another, herald meets herald, Telling the king of Babylon that his entire city has been taken.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:6

By the king’s command, the couriers, with the letters written by the king and his princes, went through all Israel and Judah. They said: “Israelites, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to you, the remnant left from the hands of the Assyrian kings.

Job 9:25

My days are swifter than a runner, they flee away; they see no happiness;

Jeremiah 4:20

Ruin upon ruin is reported; the whole land is laid waste. In an instant my tents are ravaged; in a flash, my shelters.

Jeremiah 50:2

Proclaim this among the nations, announce it! Announce it, do not hide it, but say: Babylon is captured, Bel put to shame, Marduk terrified; its images are put to shame, its idols shattered.

Jeremiah 50:24

You ensnared yourself and were caught, Babylon, before you knew it! You were discovered and seized, because you challenged the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon hears news of them, and his hands hang helpless; Anguish takes hold of him, like the pangs of a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 51:32

The fords have been seized, marshes set on fire, warriors panic.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was slain: