Jeremiah 51:39

³⁷ Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.

³⁸ They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

⁴⁰ I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.

⁴¹ How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.
KJV: In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
WEB: When they are inflamed, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says the LORD.
ASV: When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.
DARBY: When they are heated, I will prepare their drink, and I will make them drunken, that they may exult, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.
BLB: In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunk, so that they may rejoice, and sleep a sleep forever, and they will not awake!” A declaration of YHWH.

ÅB: Når de er blitt hete[^4], vil jeg gjøre et drikkelag for dem og gjøre dem drukne, for at de skal juble og så falle i en evig søvn og ikke våkne[^5], sier Herren.
OTB: «‘Se, jeg er imot deg, du arrogante,’ Erklærer Herren Gud av hærskarene, «For din dag har kommet, tiden da jeg vil straffe deg.
B1930: Når de er blitt hete, vil jeg gjøre et drikkelag for dem og gjøre dem drukne, forat de skal juble og så falle i en evig søvn og ikke våkne, sier Herren. / < av vin; HSE 7, 5.> / < V. 57; 25, 26. Es. 21, 5. HAB 2, 16. DNL 5, 1 fg.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 51:57
I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
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Jeremiah 25:27
“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
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Nahum 3:11
You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.
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Nahum 1:10
For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.
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Isaiah 22:12–14
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
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Psalms 76:5–6
The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
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Isaiah 21:4–5
My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
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Daniel 5:1–4
Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
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