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Jeremiah 51:57

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51:57“I will make her officials and wise men drunk,

along with her governors, leaders,123 and warriors.

They will fall asleep forever and never wake up,”124

says the King whose name is the Lord who rules over all.125

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Footnotes

  1. 123 For discussion of the terms “governors” and “leaders” see the note at .
  2. 124 See the note at .
  3. 125 For the title “Yahweh of armies” see the study note on .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I will make drunk her officials and her wise men,

her governors, her commanders, and her warriors;

they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,

declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will make her officials and wise men drunk,

her governors, officers and warriors as well;

they will sleep forever and not awake,”

declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will make her princes and sages drunk,

along with her governors, officials, and warriors.

Then they will fall asleep forever

and never wake up.

This is the King’s declaration;

the Lord of Armies is his name.

NLTNew Living Translation

I will make her officials and wise men drunk,

along with her captains, officers, and warriors.

They will fall asleep

and never wake up again!”

says the King, whose name is

the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“And I will make drunk her officials, and her wise men,

her governors, and her officials, and her warriors,

and they will sleep an everlasting sleep,

and they will not wake up,”

declares the King, Yahweh of hosts is his name.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.