Jeremiah 51:55 “For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. T…”

Jeremiah 51:55

For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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:

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:

Geneva Bible 1599

Because the Lord hath layde Babel waste and destroyed from her the great voyce, and her waues shall roare like great waters, and a sounde was made by their noyse:

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

For Jehovah is spoiling Babylon, And hath destroyed out of it a great voice, And sounded have its billows as many waters, Given forth a noise hath their voice.

Bible in Basic English

For the Lord is making Babylon waste, and putting an end to the great voice coming out of her; and her waves are thundering like great waters, their voice is sounding loud:

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Cross references

“destroyed”

Jeremiah 25:10 Jeremiah 50:10–15 Isaiah 15:1 Isaiah 24:8–11 Isaiah 47:5 Jeremiah 51:38

Jeremiah 25:10 · BSB

Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

Jeremiah 50:10–15 · BSB

Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.

Isaiah 15:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!

Isaiah 24:8–11 · BSB

The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.

Isaiah 47:5 · BSB

“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

Jeremiah 51:38 · BSB

They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.

“her waves”

Psalm 65:7 Isaiah 17:13 Ezekiel 26:3 Luke 21:25 Revelation 17:15 Psalm 93:3

Psalm 65:7 · BSB

You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.

Isaiah 17:13 · BSB

The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Ezekiel 26:3 · BSB

therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

Luke 21:25 · BSB

There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.

Revelation 17:15 · BSB

Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

Psalm 93:3 · BSB

The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

Also

Psalm 18:4 Jeremiah 51:42

Psalm 18:4 · BSB

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

Jeremiah 51:42 · BSB

The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

56For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.

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