Jeremiah 51:55

Jeremiah 51:55 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord will destroy Babylon; he will silence her noisy din. Waves of enemies will rage like great waters; the roar of their voices will resound.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord is laying Babylon waste and stilling her mighty voice. Their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is raised,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because the Lord is plundering Babylon And silencing her loud voice, Though her waves roar like great waters, And the noise of their voice is uttered,

Context of Jeremiah 51:55

53Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens, And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold, From Me destroyers will come to her,” declares the Lord. 54The sound of an outcry from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! For the Lord is going to destroy Babylon, And He will make her loud noise vanish from her. And their waves will roar like many waters; The tumult of their voices sounds forth. 56For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon, And her mighty men will be captured, Their bows are shattered; For the Lord is a God of recompense, He will fully repay. 57“I will make her princes and her wise men drunk, Her governors, her prefects and her mighty men, That they may sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,” Declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

Jeremiah 51:55 word by word

כִּֽי־שֹׁדֵ֤ד יְהוָה֙ אֶת־בָּבֶ֔ל וְאִבַּ֥ד מִמֶּ֖נָּה ק֣וֹל גָּד֑וֹל וְהָמ֤וּ גַלֵּיהֶם֙ כְּמַ֣יִם רַבִּ֔ים נִתַּ֥ן שְׁא֖וֹן קוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• For the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• is going to destroyשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• And He will makeאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• loudגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• noiseקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• wavesגַּלgal · heap: waveH1530
• will roarהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993
• like manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• The tumultשָׁאוֹןshâ'ôn · roarH7588
• soundsנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:55

• Jeremiah 51:38They will roar together like young lions, They will growl like lions’ cubs.
• Jeremiah 25:10Moreover, I will take from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
• Jeremiah 50:10Chaldea will become plunder; All who plunder her will have enough,” declares the Lord.
• Isaiah 15:1The oracle concerning Moab. Surely in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined; Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
• Isaiah 24:8The gaiety of tambourines ceases, The noise of revelers stops, The gaiety of the harp ceases.
• Isaiah 47:5“Sit silently, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For you will no longer be called The queen of kingdoms.
• Revelation 18:22And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer; and the sound of a mill will not be heard in you any longer;
• Psalms 65:7Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.
• Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Lord, The floods have lifted up their voice, The floods lift up their pounding waves.
• Isaiah 17:13The nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters, But He will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like chaff in the mountains before the wind, Or like whirling dust before a gale.
• Ezekiel 26:3therefore thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
• Luke 21:25“There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,
• Revelation 17:15And he said to me, “The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 51:55

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 55The great voice - Its pride and insufferable boasting.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 55Render, “For Yahweh wasteth Babylon, and will make to cease from her the loud noise (of busy life); and their wares (the surging masses of the enemy) roar like many waters: the noise of their shouting is given forth, i. e., resounds.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 55-56The destruction of Babylon was not an accident. The Lord controlled it and would make it happen. The sound (Jeremiah 51:54) would turn into the silence of death. The invading army would kill or capture the Babylonian soldiers, and the people would flee into the countryside.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5555. great voice--Where once was the great din of a mighty city, there shall be the silence of death [Vatablus]. Or, the "great voice" of the revellers (Jr 51:38, 39; Is 22:2). Or, the voice of mighty boasting [Calvin], (compare Jr 51:53). her waves--"when" her calamities shall cause her to give forth a widely different "voice," even such a one as the waves give that lash the shores (Jr 51:42) [Grotius]. Or, "when" is connected thus: "the great voice" in…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 51

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings