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Jeremiah 50:22

The noise of battle can be heard in the land of Babylonia. There is the sound of great destruction.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Lance, Lancet;   Persia, Persians;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The sound of war is in the land—a crushing blow!
Hebrew Names Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
King James Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
English Standard Version
The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction!
New American Standard Bible
"The noise of battle is in the land, And great destruction.
New Century Version
"The noise of battle can be heard all over the country; it is the noise of much destruction.
Amplified Bible
"The noise of battle is in the land, And [the noise of] great destruction.
World English Bible
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A crie of battell is in the land, and of great destruction.
Legacy Standard Bible
The noise of battle is in the land,And great destruction.
Berean Standard Bible
The noise of battle is in the land-the noise of great destruction.
Contemporary English Version
Sounds of war and the noise of destruction can be heard.
Complete Jewish Bible
"The sound of battle is heard in the land, with great destruction!
Darby Translation
A sound of battle is in the land, and great destruction.
Easy-to-Read Version
"The noise of battle can be heard all over the country. It is the noise of much destruction.
George Lamsa Translation
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Good News Translation
The noise of battle is heard in the land, and there is great destruction.
Lexham English Bible
The sound of battle is in the land, and great destruction.
Literal Translation
A sound of battle is in the land and of great ruin.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There is gone aboute the londe a crie of a slaughter & greate murthur, namely on this maner:
American Standard Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Bible in Basic English
There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hark! battle is in the land, and great destruction.
King James Version (1611)
A sound of battell is in the land, and of great destruction.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
There is gone about the lande a crye of a slaughter and great murther [namelye on this maner]
English Revised Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The vois of batel and greet sorewe in the lond.
Update Bible Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Webster's Bible Translation
A sound of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.
New King James Version
A sound of battle is in the land, And of great destruction.
New Living Translation
"Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of great destruction.
New Life Bible
The noise of battle is in the land, and much is destroyed.
New Revised Standard
The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sound of battle is in the earth, - And a great destruction.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A noise of war in the land, and a great destruction.
Revised Standard Version
The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction!
Young's Literal Translation
A noise of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.
THE MESSAGE
"The thunderclap of battle shakes the foundations! The Hammer has been hammered, smashed and splintered, Babylon pummeled beyond recognition. I set out a trap and you were caught in it. O Babylon, you never knew what hit you, Caught and held in the steel grip of that trap! That's what you get for taking on God .
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The noise of battle is in the land, And great destruction.

Contextual Overview

21 The Lord says, "Attack the land of Merathaim and the people who live in Pekod! Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them! Do just as I have commanded you! 22 The noise of battle can be heard in the land of Babylonia. There is the sound of great destruction. 23 Babylon hammered the whole world to pieces. But see how that ‘hammer' has been broken and shattered! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations! 24 I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured. 25 I have opened up the place where my weapons are stored. I have brought out the weapons for carrying out my wrath. For I, the Lord God who rules over all, have work to carry out in the land of Babylonia. 26 Come from far away and attack Babylonia! Open up the places where she stores her grain! Pile her up in ruins! Destroy her completely! Do not leave anyone alive! 27 Kill all her soldiers! Let them be slaughtered! They are doomed, for their day of reckoning has come, the time for them to be punished." 28 Listen! Fugitives and refugees are coming from the land of Babylon. They are coming to Zion to declare there how the Lord our God is getting revenge, getting revenge for what they have done to his temple. 29 "Call for archers to come against Babylon! Summon against her all who draw the bow! Set up camp all around the city! Do not allow anyone to escape! Pay her back for what she has done. Do to her what she has done to others. For she has proudly defied me, the Holy One of Israel. 30 So her young men will fall in her city squares. All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time," says the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

A sound of battle [is] in the land,.... In the land of the Chaldeans, as it is expressed in the Septuagint and Arabic versions; the noise of warriors, the clashing of arms, and sound of trumpets, both of the enemy entered into the land, and of the Chaldeans arming themselves in their own defence:

and of great destruction; in the same land; or in Babylon, as Abarbinel supplies it; this is the consequent of the former.


 
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