Jeremiah 51:55
For the LORD spoileth Babylon, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters, the noise of their voice is uttered;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
54Hark! a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
Cross References
Psalms 18:4(18-5) The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.
Isaiah 17:13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters; but He shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
Isaiah 47:5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.
Jeremiah 50:10And Chaldea shall be a spoil; all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:42The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
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 →