One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his
At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials,
That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtai
Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his
That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in
The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issu
Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I
Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted cou
But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be una
I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you chall
And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all