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A soundקוֹלof cryingזְעָקָהfrom Babylon,מִבָּבֶלand greatוְ גָּדוֹלbreakingשֶׁבֶרfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof the Chaldeans!כַּשְׂדִּים
Jeremiah 51:54
Study it in the app“A sound of crying from Babylon, and great breaking from the land of the Chaldeans!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 51:54, word by word
- A soundקוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of cryingזְעָקָהzeaka
outcry
Cry, outcry: the cry of someone who suffers injustice and calls for help.
Where else “zeaka” appears- from Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- and greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- breakingשֶׁבֶרshever
ruin
The downfall of a people or someone.
Where else “shever” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
53Though Babylon should go up to the heavens, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, from me devastators will come to her, declares YHWH.
54 · This verse (above)
55For YHWH is devastating Babylon, and he will destroy from her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the tumult of their voice is raised.