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Jeremiah 51:55

For the LORD lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice! Their waves roar like many waters. The noise of their voice is uttered.

World English Bible

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

54“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

56For the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon. Her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, for the LORD is a God of retribution. He will surely repay.

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Cross References

Psalms 18:4The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.

Isaiah 17:13The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

Isaiah 47:5“Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you shall no longer be called the mistress of kingdoms.

Jeremiah 50:10Chaldea will be a prey. All who prey on her will be satisfied,” says the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:42The sea has come up on 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 →

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