Jeremiah 51:55
For the Lord has despoiled Babylon, and he has perished the great voice from her. And their wave will make a sound like many waters. Their voice has uttered a noise.
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In Context
54A voice of outcry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
Cross References
Psalms 18:4There are no speeches or conversations, where their voices are not being heard.
Psalms 93:3How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?
Isaiah 17:13The peoples will make a noise, like the noise of waters overflowing, but he will rebuke him, and so he will flee far away. And he will be quickly taken away, like the dust of the mountains before the face of the wind, and like a whirlwind before a tempest.
Isaiah 47:5Sit in silence, and enter into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no longer be called the noblewoman of kingdoms.
Jeremiah 50:10And Chaldea will become a prey. All who lay waste to her will be filled, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 51:42The sea has ascended over Babylon; she has been covered by the multitude of its waves.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:2-59
The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her… Read the whole commentary →