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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 51:54 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 51:54 |
Strong Concordance |
A sound [06963] of a cry [02201] cometh from Babylon [0894], and great [01419] destruction [07667] from the land [0776] of the Chaldeans [03778]: |
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King James |
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| A cry - i. e., the war-cry. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The prophet in the spirit sees these destroyers as already come. A cry of anguish proceeds from Babylon, and great destruction; cf. Jer 50:22, Jer 50:46, and Jer 48:3. For (Jer 51:55) Jahveh lays waste Babylon, and destroys out of her קול גּדול, properly "the loud voice," i.e., the loud noise and bustle of the city. "Their waves," i.e., the surging masses of the conquering army, roar like many or great waters; cf. Isa 17:12. נתּן , lit., "there is given" (i.e., there sounds) "the noise of their voice," i.e., of the roaring of their waves. "For there comes on Babylon a destroyer, so that her heroes are made prisoners, and her bows (by synecdoche for weapons) broken in pieces." The Piel חתּתה has here an intransitive sense, "to break or shiver into pieces," like פּתּח, Isa 48:8; Isa 60:11. This must take place, for Jahveh is a God of retribution; cf. Jer 51:24. This retribution He will execute in such a way as to make the princes, wise men, rulers, and heroes of Babylon sink down into an eternal sleep, by presenting to them the cup of wrath. On השׁכּרתּי and וישׁנוּ, cf. Jer 51:39. On the enumeration of the different classes of leaders and supporters of the state, cf. Jer 51:23 and Jer 50:35; and on the designation of Jahveh as King, Jer 48:15, with the remark there made. |
15 Moab [04124] is spoiled [07703], and gone up [05927] out of her cities [05892], and his chosen [04005] young men [0970] are gone down [03381] to the slaughter [02874], saith [05002] the King [04428], whose name [08034] is the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
35 A sword [02719] is upon the Chaldeans [03778], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and upon the inhabitants [03427] of Babylon [0894], and upon her princes [08269], and upon her wise [02450] men.
23 I will also break in pieces [05310] with thee the shepherd [07462] and his flock [05739]; and with thee will I break in pieces [05310] the husbandman [0406] and his yoke of oxen [06776]; and with thee will I break in pieces [05310] captains [06346] and rulers [05461].
39 In their heat [02527] I will make [07896] their feasts [04960], and I will make them drunken [07937], that they may rejoice [05937], and sleep [03462] a perpetual [05769] sleep [08142], and not wake [06974], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
24 And I will render [07999] unto Babylon [0894] and to all the inhabitants [03427] of Chaldea [03778] all their evil [07451] that they have done [06213] in Zion [06726] in your sight [05869], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
11 Therefore thy gates [08179] shall be open [06605] continually [08548]; they shall not be shut [05462] day [03119] nor night [03915]; that men may bring [0935] unto thee the forces [02428] of the Gentiles [01471], and that their kings [04428] may be brought [05090].
8 Yea, thou heardest [08085] not; yea, thou knewest [03045] not; yea, from that time that thine ear [0241] was not opened [06605]: for I knew [03045] that thou wouldest deal very [0898] treacherously [0898], and wast called [07121] a transgressor [06586] from the womb [0990].
12 Woe [01945] to the multitude [01995] of many [07227] people [05971], which make a noise [01993] like the noise [01993] of the seas [03220]; and to the rushing [07588] of nations [03816], that make a rushing like the rushing [07582] of mighty [03524] waters [04325]!
55 Because the LORD [03068] hath spoiled [07703] Babylon [0894], and destroyed [06] out of her the great [01419] voice [06963]; when her waves [01530] do roar [01993] like great [07227] waters [04325], a noise [07588] of their voice [06963] is uttered [05414]:
3 A voice [06963] of crying [06818] shall be from Horonaim [02773], spoiling [07701] and great [01419] destruction [07667].
46 At the noise [06963] of the taking [08610] of Babylon [0894] the earth [0776] is moved [07493], and the cry [02201] is heard [08085] among the nations [01471].
22 A sound [06963] of battle [04421] is in the land [0776], and of great [01419] destruction [07667].