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 reaches as high as the heavens and makes her fortifications incredibly strong, I will still send enemies to plunder her. I, the Lord, have spoken! 54“Listen! Hear the cry of Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians. For the Lord is destroying Babylon. He will silence her loud voice. Waves of enemies pound against her; the noise of battle rings through the city. 56Destroying armies come against Babylon. Her mighty men are captured, and their weapons break in their hands. For the Lord is a God who gives just punishment; he always repays in full. 57I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her captains, officers, and warriors. They will fall asleep and never wake up again!” says the King, whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath spoiledשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• and destroyedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• out of her the greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• when her wavesגַּלgal · heap: waveH1530
• do roarהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993
• like greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• a noiseשָׁאוֹןshâ'ôn · roarH7588
• is utteredנָתַןnâthan · to give: cry outH5414

Cross-references for Jeremiah 51:55

• Jeremiah 51:38Her people will roar together like strong lions. They will growl like lion cubs.
• Jeremiah 25:10I will take away your happy singing and laughter. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard. Your millstones will fall silent, and the lights in your homes will go out.
• Jeremiah 50:10Babylonia will be looted until the attackers are glutted with loot. I, the Lord, have spoken!
• Isaiah 15:1This message came to me concerning Moab: In one night the town of Ar will be leveled, and the city of Kir will be destroyed.
• Isaiah 24:8The cheerful sound of tambourines is stilled; the happy cries of celebration are heard no more. The melodious chords of the harp are silent.
• Isaiah 47:5“O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence. Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms.
• Revelation 18:22The sound of harps, singers, flutes, and trumpets will never be heard in you again. No craftsmen and no trades will ever be found in you again. The sound of the mill will never be heard in you again.
• Psalms 65:7You quieted the raging oceans with their pounding waves and silenced the shouting of the nations.
• Psalms 93:3The floods have risen up, O Lord. The floods have roared like thunder; the floods have lifted their pounding waves.
• Isaiah 17:13But though they thunder like breakers on a beach, God will silence them, and they will run away. They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind, like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.
• Ezekiel 26:3“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am your enemy, O Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the waves of the sea crashing against your shoreline.
• Luke 21:25“And there will be strange signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides.
• Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters where the prostitute is ruling represent masses of people of every nation and language.

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