Jeremiah 51:31-33

The Voice

³¹    The news travels fast—a runner races to meet another;
        the word goes from messenger to messenger
    Until it reaches the king of Babylon:
        His entire city has been captured.
³²    The river crossings have been taken,
        the marshlands have been set ablaze,
        and the soldiers are terrified.

³³This, then, is what the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies and God of Israel, says:

Eternal One: The people of Babylon are like wheat ready to be threshed,
spread out on the floor waiting to be trampled.
A little while longer and the time for her harvest will come.

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