Jeremiah 51:55

For Jehovah destroyeth Babylon, And bringeth to silence her loud tumult; Their waves roar like great waters; Their tumultuous noise resounds.

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In The King James Version

Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:

In Context

54Hark! a cry from Babylon, Of great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans!

56For the spoiler is come upon her, upon Babylon; And their mighty men are taken, And all their bows are broken; For Jehovah is a God of retribution; He will surely requite.

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Cross References

Psalms 18:4The snares of death encompassed me; The floods of destruction filled me with dismay;

Psalms 93:3The floods, O LORD! lift up, The floods lift up their voice; The floods lift up their roaring!

Isaiah 17:13Like the roaring of mighty waters do the nations roar; He rebuketh them, and they flee away, Driven like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, Like stubble before the whirlwind.

Isaiah 47:5Sit thou in silence; go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldaeans! For thou shalt no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.

Jeremiah 50:10And Chaldaea shall be a spoil; All that spoil her shall have their fill, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 51:42The sea is come up over Babylon; With the roaring of its waves is she covered.

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 →

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