“If it had not been יהוה who was on our side, When men rose up against us,
Jeremiah 51:55 - The Scriptures 2009 because יהוה is ravaging Baḇel, and shall silence her loud voice. And her waves shall roar like great waters, the noise of their voice shall resound, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Lord is destroying Babylon and laying her waste and stilling her great voice [the hum of the city's life]. And the waves [of her conquerors] roar like great waters, the noise of their voices is raised up [like the tramping of an army]. American Standard Version (1901) For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered: Common English Bible The LORD is destroying Babylon and silencing her outcry, whose roar is like the crushing waves, a deafening crash. Catholic Public Domain Version For the Lord has despoiled Babylon, and he has perished the great voice from her. And their wave will make a sound like many waters. Their voice has uttered a noise. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because the Lord hath laid Babylon waste and destroyed out of her the great voice. And their wave shall roar like many waters: their voice hath made a noise. |
“If it had not been יהוה who was on our side, When men rose up against us,
“Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our being;
The cords of death surrounded me, And the floods of Beliya‛al made me afraid.
Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the uproar of the peoples.
I have sunk in deep mud, And there is no place to stand; I have come into deep waters, And the floods overflow me.
The message concerning Mo’aḇ. Because in the night Ar of Mo’aḇ was laid waste, was silenced! Because in the night Qir of Mo’aḇ was laid waste, was silenced!
nations rushing like the rushing of many waters. But He shall rebuke them and they shall flee far away, and be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, like whirling dust before the whirlwind.
“Sit silent, and go into darkness, O daughter of Kasdim! For no more do they call you Mistress of Reigns.
And I shall banish from them the voice of rejoicing and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
“The sea has risen over Baḇel, she has been covered with the roaring of its waves.
“Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, ‘See, I am against you, O Tsor, and shall cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.
“And there shall be signs in the sun, and moon, and stars, and on the earth anxiety of nations, in bewilderment at the roaring of the sea, and agitation,
And he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and crowds, and nations, and tongues.