Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 51:38-39; 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," etc. (compare Jeremiah 51:13). 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 51:54). 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).
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