Jeremiah 51:57

Judgment

⁵⁵ Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:

⁵⁶ Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.

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.

⁵⁸ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

⁵⁹ The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.

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: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: I will make her princes, her wise men, her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men drunk. They will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says the King, whose name is the LORD of Armies.
ASV: And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
DARBY: And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her governors, and her rulers, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
BLB: I will make drunk her officers and her wise men, her governors, and her deputies, and her mighty men; they will sleep a sleep everlasting, and they will not wake up!” A declaration of the King—YHWH of Hosts [is] His name.

ÅB: Og jeg vil gjøre dets høvdinger og dets vismenn, dets stattholdere og dets landshøvdinger og dets kjemper drukne, og de skal falle i en evig søvn og ikke våkne, sier kongen, han hvis navn er Herren, hærskarenes Gud.
OTB: Og hele jorden vil skjelve ved lyden av hennes fall, Ved lyden av et rop, ved lyden av et brøl; «For hennes stemme har lydt som havet; For hun har talt som dragen, Ropende mot Sion, Kastende trusler, heftig hevende sin stemme.
B1930: Og jeg vil gjøre dets høvdinger og dets vismenn, dets stattholdere og dets landshøvdinger og dets kjemper drukne, og de skal falle i en evig søvn og ikke våkne, sier kongen, han hvis navn er Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 46:18
As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
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Jeremiah 48:15
Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, 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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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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Jeremiah 51:39
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.
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Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
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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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