Jeremiah 51:39

³⁷ And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

³⁸ They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.

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.

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

⁴¹ How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment 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.>

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 51:57
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
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Jeremiah 25:27
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
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Nahum 3:11
Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
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Nahum 1:10
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
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Isaiah 22:12–14
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
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Psalms 76:5–6
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
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Isaiah 21:4–5
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
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Daniel 5:1–4
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
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