31 One [a](A)courier runs to meet [b]another,
And one [c](B)messenger to meet [d]another,
To tell the king of Babylon
That his city has been captured from end to end;
32 The fords also have been seized,
And they have burned the marshes with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.

33 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

“The daughter of Babylon is like a (C)threshing floor
At the time [e]it is stamped firm;
Yet in a little while the time of (D)harvest will come for her.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:31 Lit runner
  2. Jeremiah 51:31 Lit runner
  3. Jeremiah 51:31 Lit announcer
  4. Jeremiah 51:31 Lit announcer
  5. Jeremiah 51:33 Lit of treading it