Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Jeremiah 51:55 in English Standard Version "For the Lord is laying Babylon waste and stilling her mighty voice. Their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is raised," Jer 5:22 Do you not fear me? declares the Lord. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it. Jer 51:42 The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.