A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Parallel translations
- KJV A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
- BSB “The noise of battle is in the land—the noise of great destruction.
- NKJV A sound of battle is in the land, And of great destruction.
- NASB “The noise of battle is in the land, And great destruction.
- NLT “Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of great destruction.
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Quick answer
The sound of battle and great destruction fills the land. The decreed judgment becomes audible reality.
Overview
The prophet hears the clamor of war and ruin sweeping over Babylonia. The terse cry conveys the suddenness and scale of the collapse. It marks the transition from God's commands to their fulfillment, reminding readers that the LORD's pronouncements surely come to pass in history.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Jer 4:19–21My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can’t hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
- Jer 51:54–56“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
- Isa 21:2–4A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.
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