Jeremiah 51:54-56
When God judges oppressive power, the noise of its fall echoes as testimony that the Lord repays violence with justice.
54 “The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice! Their waves roar like many waters. The noise of their voice is uttered.
56 For the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon. Her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, for Yahweh is a God of retribution. He will surely repay.
When God judges oppressive power, the noise of its fall echoes as testimony that the LORD repays violence with justice.
To announce the sound of Babylon’s destruction and affirm that the LORD will repay the empire for its violence by bringing overwhelming devastation upon it.
Jeremiah 51:54–56 intensifies the prophecy against Babylon by describing the sound of its coming destruction and affirming that the Lord is the God who repays injustice.
Babylon Sunk: The LORD’s Vengeance, Israel’s Deliverance, and the Stone Cast into the Euphrates
The LORD will make Babylon sink under the weight of her violence, idolatry, pride, and bloodshed, while calling his people to flee, remember Zion, and trust his irreversible word.