“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
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“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
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A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
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Hark! a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Jeremiah 51:54 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 50:22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
- Jeremiah 48:3-5 The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction! Moab is destroyed. Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping. For at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
- Jeremiah 50:46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles; and the cry is heard among the nations.
- Isaiah 13:6-9 Wail, for Yahweh’s day is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty. Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt. They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame. Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it.
- Isaiah 15:5 My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for on the way to Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.
- Jeremiah 50:27 Kill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation.
- Jeremiah 50:43 The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands become feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labor.
- Zephaniah 1:10 In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
- Revelation 18:17-19 For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.’ Every ship master, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away, and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like the great city?’ They cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her great wealth!’ For she is made desolate in one hour.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain Jeremiah in a manner exults over Babylon, in order…
Jeremiah in a manner exults over Babylon, in order that the faithful, having had all obstacles removed or surmounted, might feel assured that what the Prophet had predicted of the fall of Babylon would be confirmed, he then brings them to the very scene itself, when he says, that there would be the voice of a cry from Babylon, and that there would be great breaking or distress from the land of the Chaldeams
We, at the same time, may render שבר, shober, here “crashing,” so that it may correspond with the previous clause: he had said, The voice of a cry from Babylon; now he says, a crashing from the land of the Chaldeans They call that sound crashing, which is produced by some great shaking; as when a great mass falls, it does not happen without a great noise. This, then, is properly what the Prophet means. We have already stated why he used these words, even that the faithful might have before their eyes the event itself, which as yet was incredible. It follows, —
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 51:54 A sound of a cry [cometh] from…
Jer 51:54 A sound of a cry [cometh] from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
Ver. 54. A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon.] See Jer 48:3.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To assure them that what God threatened should certainly…
To assure them that what God threatened should certainly be, he calls to the Jews to listen, as if already there were cry from Babylon, and a sound of a great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon…
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon,.... That is, Cyrus, with his army:
and her mighty men are taken; unawares, by surprise:
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everyone of their bows is broken; they had no strength to withstand the enemy, and were obliged to yield at once; lay down their arms, and submit:
for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite; that God to whom vengeance belongs, and will recompense it; who is a God of justice and equity, the Judge of all the earth; he will render tribulation to them that trouble his; and requite his enemies and the enemies of his people, in a righteous manner, for all the evil they have done, as literal, so mystical Babylon; see Rev 18:6.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain A cry - i. e., the war-cry.
A cry - i. e., the war-cry.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 54. Cp. Jer_48:3, Jer_50:22.
54. Cp. Jer_48:3, Jer_50:22.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 A shout of distress came from Babylon, a great…
A shout of distress came from Babylon, a great collapse from the land of the Chaldeans
The same thought is expressed in two different ways for emphasis. (See: Parallelism)
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destroying Babylon ... her loud voice
The people of Babylon are spoken of as if they were the city itself, and the city is spoken of as if it were a woman. AT: "destroying the people of Babylon ... their loud voices" (See: Metonymy and Metaphor)
Their enemies ... their noise
"The enemies of the people of Babylon ... the noise of the enemies"
enemies roar like the waves of many waters
The waves of the ocean and of flooding rivers make a loud sound, and the enemies will make a very loud sound as they come. (See: Simile)
against her—against Babylon!—and her warriors
The people of Babylon are spoken of as if they were the city itself, and the city is spoken of as if it were a woman. AT: "against the people of Babylon—yes, against Babylon!—and their warriors" (See: Metonymy and Metaphor)
her warriors have been captured
This phrase can be changed to have an active verb. AT: "her enemies have captured her warriors" (See: Active or Passive)
translationWords
Chaldea
voice
perish
water
soldier
bow and arrow
God
avenge
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 51:54 As Babylon was destroyed, the din of battle…
51:54 As Babylon was destroyed, the din of battle would be overwhelming. People would scream and yell, soldiers would shout their battle cries, and boulders would crash against each other as walls were torn down.
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