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Jeremiah 51:39

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39In their heat xI will make their feasts,

And yzI will make them drunken, that they may rejoice,

yAnd asleep a perpetual sleep,

yAnd not wake, saith the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. xSee Isai. 21:5.
  2. yver. 57.
  3. zSo Isai. 19:14. & 51:21. & 63:6. ch. 25:15, 16, 27. & 48:26.
  4. yver. 57.
  5. aSo Ps. 13:3. See Ps. 76:5.
  6. yver. 57.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast

and make them drunk, that they may become merry,

then sleep a perpetual sleep

and not wake, declares the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But while they are aroused,

I will set out a feast for them

and make them drunk,

so that they shout with laughter—

then sleep forever and not awake,”

declares the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast,

and I will make them drunk so that they celebrate.

Then they will fall asleep forever

and never wake up.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

NLTNew Living Translation

And while they lie inflamed with all their wine,

I will prepare a different kind of feast for them.

I will make them drink until they fall asleep,

and they will never wake up again,”

says the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

At their becoming hot I will set their banquets,

and I will make them drunk,

so that they will fall into a swoon,

and they will sleep an everlasting sleep,

and they will not wake up,” declares Yahweh.