Jeremiah 51:31

“One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, etc.] 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”f1044; 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 Herodotusf1045 says, that when the Babylonians, which inhabited the “extreme parts” of…”

“(See on Jer 50:24). One post--One courier after another shall announce the capture of the city. The couriers despatched from the walls, where Cyrus enters, shall "meet" those sent by the king. Their confused running to and fro would result from the sudden panic at the entrance of Cyrus into the city, which he had so long besieged ineffectually; the Babylonians had laughed at his attempts and were feasting at the time without fear. taken at one end--which was not known for a long time to the king and his courtiers feasting in the middle of the city; so great was its extent that, when the city was already three days in the enemy's hands, the fact was not known in some parts of the city…”

“The royal palace was a strong fortification in the heart of the city. The messengers thus met one another. At one end - Rather, from all sides, entirely, completely. return to 'Top of Page'”

“At one end - Cyrus entered the city at one end, by the channel of the river, which he had drained, and surprized Belshazzar in the midst of his feast. Jeremiah 51:32”

“51:31 This king was Nabonidus; at the time, he was at Borsippa, north of Babylon. His son Belshazzar was regent in Babylon. See Dan 5:1-30.”

“post: Jer 4:20, Jer 50:24; Sa1 4:12-18; Sa2 18:19-31; Ch2 30:6; Est 3:13-15; Est 8:10, Est 8:14; Job 9:25 to show: Jer 50:43; Isa 21:3-9, Isa 47:11-13; Dan 5:2-5, Dan 5:30 Jeremiah 51:32”