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Jeremiah 51:31

One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.

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ASV

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:

KJV

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,

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רָ֤ץratza runnerH7323 →
לִקְרַאת־lik.rat-to meetH7122 →
רָץ֙ratza runnerH7323 →
יָר֔וּץya.Rutzhe will runH7323 →
וּמַגִּ֖ידu.ma.Gidand a messengerH5046 →
לִקְרַ֣אתlik.Ratto meetH7122 →
מַגִּ֑ידma.Gida messengerH5046 →
לְהַגִּיד֙le.ha.Gidto tellH5046 →
לְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhto [the] king ofH4428 →
בָּבֶ֔לba.VelBabylonH894 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
נִלְכְּדָ֥הnil.ke.Dahit has been capturedH3920 →
עִיר֖וֹi.Rocity hisH5892 →
מִקָּצֶֽה׃mi.ka.Tzehfrom [the] endH7097 →

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Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.2 Chronicles 30:6So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.2 Samuel 18:19–31Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”Isaiah 21:3–9Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.Isaiah 47:11–13But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.Esther 8:10Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.Jeremiah 50:43The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.Jeremiah 50:24I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.Daniel 5:2–5Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.Esther 8:14The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.1 Samuel 4:12–18That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,Jeremiah 4:20Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.Esther 3:13–15And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.Job 9:25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.Jeremiah 50:2“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’Job 1:14a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,Job 1:18While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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