Jeremiah 51:54
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
Jeremiah 51:54 in other translations
| BSB | “The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! |
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| WEB | “The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! |
| ASV | The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! |
| YLT | A voice of a cry is from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean. |
| DARBY | The sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans; |
| BBE | There is the sound of a cry from Babylon, and of a great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans: |
| Webster | A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: |
What does Jeremiah 51:54 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 51:1-58
Babylon's doom; God's controversy with her; encouragements from thence to the Israel of God. (Jr 51:1-58) The confirming of this. (Jr 51:59-64) Verses 1-58 The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her. Destruction comes when they did not think of it. Wherever we…
Jeremiah 51:54 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 51:54
- Jeremiah 50:22
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
- Jeremiah 50:46
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
- Jeremiah 48:3-5
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
- Isaiah 13:6-9
Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
- Jeremiah 50:43
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
- Isaiah 15:5
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
- Revelation 18:17-19
For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
- Jeremiah 50:27
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
- Zephaniah 1:10
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
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Context
- Jeremiah 51:53
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord.
- Jeremiah 51:54
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
- Jeremiah 51:55
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:
Jeremiah 51:54 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¡Sonido de grito de Babilonia, y quebrantamiento grande de la tierra de los Caldeos! |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | La voix d’un cri qui vient de Babylone! Une grande ruine, du pays des Chaldéens! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Horch! ein Geschrei aus Babel, und große Zertrümmerung von dem Lande der Chaldäer her. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vox clamoris de Babylone, et contritio magna de terra Chaldæorum: |