Jeremiah 51:29-31

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁹ And the land shall be in a commotion, and shall be troubled: for the design of the Lord against Babylon shall awake, to make the land of Babylon desert and uninhabitable.

³⁰ The valiant men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have dwelt in holds: their strength hath failed, and they are become as women: her dwelling places are burnt, her bars are broken.

³¹ One running post shall meet another, and messenger shall meet messenger: to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from one end to the other: