Yehezkiel 26:19

26:19 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging ¹  waters overwhelm you,

Yesaya 5:30

5:30 At that time ²  they will growl over their prey, ³ 

it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. ⁴ 

One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster,

clouds will turn the light into darkness. ⁵ 

Yeremia 50:42

50:42 Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears.

They are cruel and show no mercy.

They sound like the roaring sea

as they ride forth on their horses.

Lined up in formation like men going into battle,

they are coming against you, fair Babylon! ⁶ 

[26:19]  ¹ tn Heb “many.”

[5:30]  ² tn Or “in that day” (KJV).

[5:30]  ³ tn Heb “over it”; the referent (the prey) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “like the growling of the sea.”

[5:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “and one will gaze toward the land, and look, darkness of distress, and light will grow dark by its [the land’s?] clouds.”

[5:30]  sn The motif of light turning to darkness is ironic when compared to v. 20. There the sinners turn light (= moral/ethical good) to darkness (= moral/ethical evil). Now ironically the Lord will turn light (= the sinners’ sphere of existence and life) into darkness (= the judgment and death).

[50:42]  ⁶ tn Heb “daughter Babylon.” The word “daughter” is a personification of the city of Babylon and its inhabitants.