Jeremiah 51:54
Jeremiah chapter 51 · verse 54 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
KJV
King James Version · 1611A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
Context
v.53Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah.
v.54This passage
v.55For 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:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Zephaniah 1:10
And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
- Jeremiah 50:46
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembleth, and the cry is heard among the nations.
- Isaiah 13:6
Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
- Isaiah 15:5
My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles flee unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.
- Revelation 18:17
for in one hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,
- Jeremiah 48:3
The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!