Jeremiah 51:31

Jeremiah 51:31

29 And the land will tremble and sorrow;
For every ^apurpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon,
^bTo make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.

30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
^aThey became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
^bThe bars of her gate are broken.

31 ^aOne runner will run to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides;

32 ^aThe passages are blocked,
The reeds they have burned 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 ^alike a threshing floor
When ^bit is time to thresh her;
Yet a little while
^cAnd the time of her harvest will come.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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(See on Jeremiah 50:24).

One post—One courier after another shall announce the capture of the city. The couriers despatched from the walls, where Cyrus enters, shall "meet" those sent by the king. Their confused running to and fro would result from the sudden panic at the entrance of Cyrus into the city, which he had so long besieged ineffectually; the Babylonians had laughed at his attempts and were feasting at the time without fear.

taken at one end—which was not known for a long time to the king and his courtiers feasting in the middle of the city; so great was its extent that, when the city was already three days in the enemy's hands, the fact was not known in some parts of the city [ARISTOTLE, Politics, 3.2].

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