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Jer 51:55 Strong Concordance 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]:
  King James 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:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
great voice--Where once was the great din of a mighty city. there shall be the silence of death [VATABLUS]. Or, the "great voice" of the revellers (Jer 51:38-39; Isa 22:2). Or, the voice of mighty boasting [CALVIN], (compare Jer 51:53).

her waves--"when" her calamities shall cause her to give forth a widely different "voice," even such a one as the waves give that lash the shores (Jer 51:42) [GROTIUS]. Or, "when" is connected thus: "the great voice" in her, when her "waves," &c. (compare Jer 51:13). CALVIN translates, "their waves," that is, the Medes bursting on her as impetuous waves; so Jer 51:42. But the parallel, "a great voice," belongs to her, therefore the wave-like "roar" of "their voice" ought also belong to her (compare Jer 51:54). The "great voice" of commercial din, boasting, and feasting, is "destroyed"; but in its stead there is the wave-like roar of her voice in her "destruction" (Jer 51:54).
 
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54 A sound [06963] of a cry [02201] cometh from Babylon [0894], and great [01419] destruction [07667] from the land [0776] of the Chaldeans [03778]:
54 A sound [06963] of a cry [02201] cometh from Babylon [0894], and great [01419] destruction [07667] from the land [0776] of the Chaldeans [03778]:
42 The sea [03220] is come up [05927] upon Babylon [0894]: she is covered [03680] with the multitude [01995] of the waves [01530] thereof.
13 O thou that dwellest [07931] [07931] upon many [07227] waters [04325], abundant [07227] in treasures [0214], thine end [07093] is come [0935], and the measure [0520] of thy covetousness [01215].
42 The sea [03220] is come up [05927] upon Babylon [0894]: she is covered [03680] with the multitude [01995] of the waves [01530] thereof.
53 Though Babylon [0894] should mount up [05927] to heaven [08064], and though she should fortify [01219] the height [04791] of her strength [05797], yet [0227] from me shall spoilers [07703] come [0935] unto her, saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
2 Thou that art full [04392] of stirs [08663], a tumultuous [01993] city [05892], a joyous [05947] city [07151]: thy slain [02491] men are not slain [02491] with the sword [02719], nor dead [04191] in battle [04421].
38 They shall roar [07580] together [03162] like lions [03715]: they shall yell [05286] as lions [0738]' whelps [01484].
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].