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Jeremiah 51:53-55
New English Translation
Jeremiah 51:53-55
New English Translation
53 Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky[a]
and fortifies her elevated stronghold,[b]
I will send destroyers against her,”[c]
says the Lord.[d]
54 Cries of anguish will come from Babylon,
the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.
55 For the Lord is ready to destroy Babylon,
and put an end to her loud noise.
Their waves[e] will roar like turbulent[f] waters.
They will make a deafening noise.[g]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:53 tn Or “ascends [into] heaven.” Note the use of the phrase in Deut 30:12; 2 Kgs 2:11; Amos 9:2.
- Jeremiah 51:53 tn Heb “and even if she fortifies her strong, elevated place.”
- Jeremiah 51:53 tn Heb “from me destroyers will go against her.”
- Jeremiah 51:53 tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”
- Jeremiah 51:55 tn The antecedent of the third masculine plural pronominal suffix is not entirely clear. It probably refers back to the “destroyers” mentioned in v. 53 as the agents of God’s judgment on Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:55 tn Or “mighty waters.”
- Jeremiah 51:55 tn Heb “and the noise of their sound will be given.”
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