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:

Because the LORD {H3068} hath spoiled {H7703} Babylon {H894}, and destroyed {H6} out of her the great {H1419} voice {H6963}; when her waves {H1530} do roar {H1993} like great {H7227} waters {H4325}, a noise {H7588} of their voice {H6963} is uttered {H5414}:

For ADONAI is plundering Bavel and silencing her noisy din their waves roar like the raging ocean, their clamor sounds and resounds.

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.

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:

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 25:10 (3 votes)

    Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, 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 candle.

  • Psalms 93:3 (2 votes)

    The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

  • Psalms 93:4 (2 votes)

    The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters, [yea, than] the mighty waves of the sea.

  • Jeremiah 51:42 (2 votes)

    The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

  • Psalms 65:7 (2 votes)

    Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

  • Psalms 18:4 (2 votes)

    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

  • Isaiah 15:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence;