Jeremiah 51:31-32

Jeremiah 51:31-32

[31] One post  to meet  another,  and one messenger  to meet  another,  the king  of Babylon  that his city  is taken  at one end,  [32] And that the passages  are stopped,  and the reeds  they have burned  with fire,  of war  are affrighted. 

What does Jeremiah 51:31-32 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The king of Babylon would learn from messengers running from opposite edges of the city that it had fallen. The enemy had captured the fording places of the waterways, and had burned the marshy areas where refugees might hide. He would hear that his soldiers were terrified.