Jeremias 51:31

31 Um correio corre ao encontro de outro correio, e um mensageiro ao encontro de outro mensageiro, para anunciar ao rei de Babilônia que a sua cidade está tomada de todos os lados.

Jeremias 51:31 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:31

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet
another
That is, one post should be after another, and one messenger after another, post upon post, and messenger upon messenger, as fast as they could run; when one had been with his message, and delivered it, and returned, he meets another; or they met one another, coming from different places: to show the king of Babylon his city is taken at [one] end;
or, "at the end" ^F12; we render it "one end", as Kimchi does; at the end where Cyrus's army first landed, when they came up the channel of the river Euphrates they had drained. And so Herodotus ^F13 says, that when the Babylonians, which inhabited the "extreme parts" of the city, were taken, they that were in the middle of it were not sensible of it, because of the greatness of the city; and the rather, because they were engaged that night in feasting and dancing. Nay, Aristotle ^F14 says, it was reported that one part of the city was taken three days before the other end knew it, it being more like a country than a city; which does not seem credible, nor is it consistent with the Scripture account of it; however, it was taken by surprise, and some parts of it before the king was aware of it; who very probably had his palace in the middle of it, whither these messengers ran one after another, or from different parts, to acquaint him with it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (huqm) "a fine", Montanus; "ab extremitate", Calvin, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, De Dieu, Schmidt.
F13 L. 1. sive Clio, c. 191.
F14 Politic. l. 3. c. 3.

Jeremias 51:31 In-Context

29 E a terra estremece e está angustiada; porque os desígnios do Senhor estão firmes contra Babilônia, para fazer da terra de Babilônia uma desolação, sem habitantes.

30 Os valentes de Babilônia cessaram de pelejar, ficam nas fortalezas, desfaleceu a sua força, tornaram-se como mulheres; incendiadas são as suas moradas, quebrados os seus ferrolhos.

31 Um correio corre ao encontro de outro correio, e um mensageiro ao encontro de outro mensageiro, para anunciar ao rei de Babilônia que a sua cidade está tomada de todos os lados.

32 E os vaus estão ocupados, os canaviais queimados a fogo, e os homens de guerra assombrados.

33 Pois assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos, o Deus de Israel: A filha de Babilônia é como a eira no tempo da debulha; ainda um pouco, e o tempo da sega lhe virá.