Jeremiah 51:54
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New International Version (©2011)
"The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Listen! Hear the cry of Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“A voice! A cry from Babylon! The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The sound of an outcry from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The sound of a cry from Babylon! The sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

International Standard Version (©2012)
"The sound of a cry is coming from Babylon, great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans.

NET Bible (©2006)
Cries of anguish will come from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Cries of agony are heard from Babylon. Sounds of terrible destruction are heard from the land of the Babylonians.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

American King James Version
A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and 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!

Douay-Rheims Bible
The noise of a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans :

Darby Bible Translation
The sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans;

English Revised Version
The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Webster's Bible Translation
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!

Young's Literal Translation
A voice of a cry is from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

51:1-58 The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her. Destruction comes when they did not think of it. Wherever we are, in the greatest depths, at the greatest distances, we are to remember the Lord our God; and in the times of the greatest fears and hopes, it is most needful to remember the Lord. The feeling excited by Babylon's fall is the same with the New Testament Babylon, Re 18:9,19. The ruin of all who support idolatry, infidelity, and superstition, is needful for the revival of true godliness; and the threatening prophecies of Scripture yield comfort in this view. The great seat of antichristian tyranny, idolatry, and superstition, the persecutor of true Christians, is as certainly doomed to destruction as ancient Babylon. Then will vast multitudes mourn for sin, and seek the Lord. Then will the lost sheep of the house of Israel be brought back to the fold of the good Shepherd, and stray no more. And the exact fulfilment of these ancient prophecies encourages us to faith in all the promises and prophecies of the sacred Scriptures.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon,.... Of the inhabitants of it upon its being taken; which is said to denote the certainty of it, which was as sure as if the cry of the distressed was then heard:

and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans; that is, the report of a great destruction there, was, or would be, carried from thence, and spread all over the world.

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Instructions for the Exiles
…53Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come to her, said the LORD. 54A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: 55Because the LORD has 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: …

Isaiah 25:5 and like the heat of the desert. You silence the uproar of foreigners; as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is stilled.
Jeremiah 48:3 Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim, cries of great havoc and destruction.
Jeremiah 50:22 The noise of battle is in the land, the noise of great destruction!
Jeremiah 50:46 At the sound of Babylon's capture the earth will tremble; its cry will resound among the nations.