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Jeremiah 51:31

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29And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.Select Jeremiah 51:29

30The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.Select Jeremiah 51:30

31One 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,Select Jeremiah 51:31

32And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.Select Jeremiah 51:32

33For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.Select Jeremiah 51:33

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WEB

51:31 One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

ASV

51:31 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:

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