Jeremiah 51:31 KJV

One 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,

Old Words

What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.

Matthew Henry

Parallel Passages

  • 2 Chronicles 30:6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
  • Jeremiah 50:2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • 2 Samuel 18:19–31 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies. …
  • 2 Chronicles 30:6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
  • 1 Samuel 4:12–18 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. …
  • Esther 3:13–15 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. …
  • Esther 8:10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

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  • BabylonThe Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning “The Gate of God.” In the Assyrian tablets it means “The city of the dispersion of...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • One post רָץ rāṣ רוּץ Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
  • shall run רָץ rāṣ רוּץ Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
  • to meet לִקְרַאת liqraʾt קִרְאָה Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
  • another יָרוּץ yārûṣ רוּץ Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
  • and one messenger וּמַגִּיד ûmaggîd נָגַד Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine singular · with and
  • to meet לִקְרַאת liqraʾt קִרְאָה Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
  • another מַגִּיד maggîd נָגַד Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine singular
  • to shew לְהַגִּיד lĕhaggîd נָגַד Verb · hiphil infinitive construct · with preposition
  • the king לְמֶלֶךְ lĕmelek מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
  • of Babylon בָּבֶל bābel בָּבֶל Proper name
  • that his city כִּי kî Conjunction עִירוֹ ʿîrô עִיר Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • is taken נִלְכְּדָה nilkĕdâ לָכַד Verb · niphal perfect, third person feminine singular
  • at one end מִקָּצֶה miqqāṣê קָצֶה Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition

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