Parallel Verses
Amplified
The sound of an outcry [comes] from Babylon,
And [the sound] of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
New American Standard Bible
And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
King James Version
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
Holman Bible
The sound of great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans!
International Standard Version
"The sound of a cry is coming from Babylon, great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans.
A Conservative Version
The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
American Standard Version
The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
Bible in Basic English
There is the sound of a cry from Babylon, and of a great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans:
Darby Translation
The sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans;
Julia Smith Translation
The voice of a cry from Babel, and a great breaking from the land of the Chaldeans:
King James 2000
A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] sound of a cry for help from Babylon, and a great collapse from the land of [the] Chaldeans.
Modern King James verseion
A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great ruin from the land of the Chaldeans,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A piteous cry shall be heard from Babylon, and a great misery from the land of the Chaldeans:
NET Bible
Cries of anguish will come from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.
New Heart English Bible
"The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans."
The Emphasized Bible
A voice of outcry from Babylon! And a great crash from the land of the Chaldeans!
Webster
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
World English Bible
The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
Youngs Literal Translation
A voice of a cry is from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 51:54
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
53
“Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens,
And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold,
Yet destroyers will come on her from Me,” says the Lord.
The sound of an outcry [comes] from Babylon,
And [the sound] of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
For the Lord is going to destroy Babylon and make her a ruin,
And He will still her great voice [that hums with city life].
And the waves [of her conquerors] roar like great waters,
The noise of their voices is raised up [like the marching of an army].
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 50:22
“The noise of battle is in the land,
And [the noise of] great destruction.
Jeremiah 48:3-5
“The sound of an outcry from Horonaim,
‘Desolation and great destruction!’
Jeremiah 50:46
At the shout, “Babylon has been seized!” the earth quakes, and an outcry is heard among the nations.
Isaiah 13:6-9
Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand!
It will come as
Isaiah 15:5
My heart cries out for Moab;
His fugitives are [fleeing] as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah.
For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping;
For on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress over their destruction.
Jeremiah 50:27
Kill all her young bulls [her strength—her young men];
Let them go down to the slaughter!
Woe (judgment is coming) to the Chaldeans, for their day has come,
The time of their punishment.
Jeremiah 50:43
“The king of Babylon has heard the report about them,
And his hands fall limp and helpless;
Anguish has seized him,
And agony like that of a woman in childbirth.
Zephaniah 1:10
“On that day,” declares the Lord,
“There will be the sound of crying from the Fish (Damascus) Gate [in the northern wall of Jerusalem where invaders enter]
And wailing from the
And a loud crash from the hills.
Revelation 18:17-19
because in one hour all the vast wealth has been laid waste.’ And every ship captain or navigator, and every