King James Version
Jeremiah 51:54 in the King James Version says “A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 51 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:”
Jeremiah 51:54 · KJV
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
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:
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“cometh from Babylon”
H894babel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire
“destruction”
H7667a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
“of the Chaldeans”
H3778a kasdite, or descendant of kesed; by implication, a chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
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