Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 51:55

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55. great voice —Where once was the great din of a mighty city, there shall be the silence of death [VATABLUS]. Or, the "great voice" of the revellers ( Jeremiah 51:38 ; Jeremiah 51:39 ; Isaiah 22:2 ). Or, the voice of mighty boasting [CALVIN], (compare Jeremiah 51:53 ). her waves —"when" her calamities shall cause her to give forth a widely different "voice," even such a one as the waves give that lash the shores ( Jeremiah 51:42 ) [GROTIUS]. Or, "when" is connected thus: "the great voice" in her, when her "waves," c. (compare Jeremiah 51:42- : ). CALVIN translates, " their waves," that is, the Medes bursting on her as impetuous waves so Jeremiah 51:42- : . But the parallel, "a great voice," belongs to her, therefore the wave-like "roar" of "their voice" ought also belong to her (compare Jeremiah 51:42- : ). The "great voice" of commercial din, boasting, and feasting, is "destroyed"; but in its stead there is the wave-like roar of her voice in her "destruction" ( Jeremiah 51:54 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-56" class="com-number"

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