Jeremiah 51:31
“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,”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,.... "The Lord of hosts", the Lord God omnipotent, and can do all…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The royal palace was a strong fortification in the heart of the city. The messengers thus met one another. At one end -…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 51:1-58
The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
post lit. runner. The word survives in this sense in modern English only in the expression post-haste. For the sense…
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