OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 51:31

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One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter.

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Verse 31. King, feasting in his palace, (Herod. i. 191.) or at Borsippe. Berosus. He sent to make inquiries, ( Calmet.) or his subjects hastened to convey the doleful tidings, and thus met each other. Bible.

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