Jeremiah 51:55
for Jehovah spoileth Babylon, and he will destroy out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like great waters, the noise of their voice resoundeth.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
54The sound of a cry [cometh] from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans;
Cross References
Psalms 18:4The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
Psalms 93:3The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.
Isaiah 17:13The nations rush as the rushing of many waters; but he will rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a whirling [of dust] before the whirlwind:
Isaiah 47:5Sit silent, and get thee into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called, Mistress of kingdoms.
Jeremiah 50:10And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all the spoilers thereof shall be satiated, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 51:42The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with 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 →