Jeremiah 51:54
Good News Translation
The LORD says, "Listen to the sound of crying in Babylon, of mourning for the destruction in the land.

New Revised Standard Version
Listen!—a cry from Babylon! A great crashing from the land of the Chaldeans!

Contemporary English Version
Listen to the cries for help coming from Babylon. Everywhere in the country the sounds of destruction can be heard.

New American Bible
A sound of crying from Babylon, 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:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The noise of a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

Jeremiah 48:3-5 A voice of crying from Oronaim: waste, and great destruction. . . .

Jeremiah 50:22,27,43,46 A noise of war in the land, and a great destruction. . . .

Isaiah 13:6-9 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord. . . .

Isaiah 15:5 My heart shall cry to Moab, the bars thereof shall flee unto Segor a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luith they shall go up weeping: and in the way of Oronaim they shall lift up a cry of destruction.

Zephaniah 1:10 And there shall be in that day, saith the Lord, the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a howling from the Second, and a great destruction from the hills.

Revelation 18:17-19 For in one hour are so great riches come to nought. And every shipmaster and all that sail into the lake, and mariners, and as many as work in the sea, stood afar off, . . .

Context
Babylon's Punishment
53If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and establish her strength on high: from me there should come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord. 54The noise of a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:55Because 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:…
Cross References
Isaiah 25:5
Thou shalt bring down the tumult of strangers, as heat in thirst: and as with heat under a burning cloud, thou shalt make the branch of the mighty to wither away.

Jeremiah 48:3
A voice of crying from Oronaim: waste, and great destruction.

Jeremiah 50:22
A noise of war in the land, and a great destruction.

Jeremiah 50:46
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard amongst the nations.

Jeremiah 51:53
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