Yeremia 51:54-55

51:54 Cries of anguish will come from Babylon,

the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.

51:55 For the Lord is ready to destroy Babylon,

and put an end to her loud noise.

Their waves ¹  will roar like turbulent ²  waters.

They will make a deafening noise. ³ 

[51:55]  ¹ 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.

[51:55]  ² tn Or “mighty waters.”

[51:55]  ³ tn Heb “and the noise of their sound will be given,”