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Jeremiah 51:55

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.

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ASV

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:

KJV

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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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
שֹׁדֵ֤דsho.Ded[is] about to destroyH7703 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בָּבֶ֔לba.VelBabylonH894 →
וְאִבַּ֥דve.'i.Badand he will destroyH6 →
מִמֶּ֖נָּהmi.Me.nahfrom itH4480 →
ק֣וֹלKola soundH6963 →
גָּד֑וֹלga.DolgreatH1419 →
וְהָמ֤וּve.ha.Muand they will roarH1993 →
גַלֵּיהֶם֙ga.lei.Hemwaves theirH1530 →
כְּמַ֣יִםke.Ma.yimlike watersH4325 →
רַבִּ֔יםra.BimmanyH7227 →
נִתַּ֥ןni.Tanit will be givenH5414 →
שְׁא֖וֹןshe.'on[the] uproar ofH7588 →
קוֹלָֽם׃ko.Lamvoice theirH6963 →

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Jeremiah 50:25The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.Jeremiah 25:10Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.Jeremiah 51:38–39They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.Psalms 93:3–4The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.Revelation 18:22–23And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.Psalms 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.Luke 21:25There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.Isaiah 24:8–11The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.Isaiah 47:5“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.Isaiah 15:1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!Jeremiah 51:42The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.Jeremiah 50:10–15Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.Ezekiel 26:3therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.Isaiah 17:13The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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