Jeremías 51:31

31 Un correo corre al encuentro de otro y un mensajero al encuentro de otro, para decirle al rey de Babilonia que su ciudad ha sido tomada de un extremo al otro;

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 51:31 In-Context

29 La tierra tiembla y se retuerce, porque se cumplen los designios del SEÑOR contra Babilonia de hacer de la tierra de Babilonia una desolación, sin habitantes.

30 Han dejado de luchar los valientes de Babilonia, permanecen en las fortalezas; se han agotado sus fuerzas, se han vuelto como mujeres; han sido incendiadas sus moradas, rotos están sus cerrojos.

31 Un correo corre al encuentro de otro y un mensajero al encuentro de otro, para decirle al rey de Babilonia que su ciudad ha sido tomada de un extremo al otro;

32 también los vados han sido ocupados, y quemados a fuego los juncos, y los guerreros están aterrados.

33 Porque así dice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel: La hija de Babilonia es como una era al tiempo de ser hollada; dentro de poco, le llegará el tiempo de la siega.