Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 51:31 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 31. 31One 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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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of…” at Jeremiah 51:31 as a specific part of “Nations Prepare as Daughter Babylon Becomes a Threshing Floor.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 51:27–33
Read Jeremiah 51:31 with 51:27–33. By itself, “One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Standards summon named kingdoms and cavalry; Babylon's fighters stop, passages are seized, and harvest imagery announces a near reversal.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Jeremiah 51:27–33 — Nations Prepare as Daughter Babylon Becomes a Threshing FloorSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 51:27–33, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 51:27–33
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