Jeremías 51:31

31 Las noticias se transmiten de un mensajero al otro,
al paso que los mensajeros se apuran a avisarle al rey
que la ciudad ha sido tomada.

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 de dolor,
porque todos los planes del Señor
contra Babilonia no han cambiado.
Babilonia quedará desolada, sin un solo habitante.

30 Sus guerreros más poderosos ya no luchan más.
Permanecen en sus cuarteles, sin valentía;
se volvieron como mujeres.
Los invasores quemaron las casas
y derribaron las puertas de la ciudad.

31 Las noticias se transmiten de un mensajero al otro,
al paso que los mensajeros se apuran a avisarle al rey
que la ciudad ha sido tomada.

32 Se han cortado todas las rutas de fuga.
Los pantanos están en llamas
y el ejército se llenó de pánico.

33 Esto dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales,
Dios de Israel:
«Babilonia es como el trigo en el campo de trillar
a punto de ser pisoteado.
Dentro de poco,
comenzará la cosecha».