Jeremiah 51:31

New International Reader's Version

One messenger after another comes to the king of Babylon. All of them announce that his entire city is captured.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:6

Messengers went all through Israel and Judah. They carried letters from the king and his officials. The king had ordered them to do that. The letters said, “People of Israel, return to the Lord. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel. Return to him. Then he will return to you who are left in the land. You have escaped from the power of the kings of Assyria.

Esther 8:10

Mordecai wrote the orders in the name of King Xerxes. He stamped them with the king’s royal mark. He sent them by messengers on horseback. They rode fast horses that were raised just for the king.

Esther 8:14

The messengers rode on the royal horses. They raced along. That’s what the king commanded them to do. The order was also sent out in the fort of Susa.

Job 9:25

“God, my days race by like a runner. They fly away without seeing any joy.

Jeremiah 4:20

One trouble follows another. The whole land is destroyed. In an instant my tents are gone. My home disappears in a moment.

Jeremiah 50:2

“Announce this message among the nations. Lift up a banner. Let the nations hear the message. Do not keep anything back. Say, ‘Babylon will be captured. The god named Bel will be put to shame. The god named Marduk will be filled with terror. Babylon’s gods will be put to shame. The gods its people made will be filled with terror.’

Jeremiah 50:24

Babylon, I set a trap for you. And you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured. That is because you opposed me.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon has heard reports about them. His hands can’t help him. He is in great pain. It is like the pain of a woman having a baby.

Jeremiah 51:32

The places where people go across the Euphrates River have been captured. The swamps have been set on fire. And the soldiers are terrified.”

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the king of Babylon, was killed.