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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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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.

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְ֠הִשְׁכַּרְתִּיVe.hish.kar.tiand I will make drunkH7937 →
שָׂרֶ֨יהָsa.Rei.haofficials itsH8269 →
וַחֲכָמֶ֜יהָva.cha.kha.Mei.haand wise [people] itsH2450 →
פַּחוֹתֶ֤יהָpa.cho.Tei.hagovernors itsH6346 →
וּסְגָנֶ֙יהָ֙u.se.ga.Nei.haand officials itsH5461 →
וְגִבּוֹרֶ֔יהָve.gi.bo.Rei.haand warriors itsH1368 →
וְיָשְׁנ֥וּve.ya.she.Nuand they will sleepH3462 →
שְׁנַת־she.nat-a sleep ofH8142 →
עוֹלָ֖םo.LamperpetuityH5769 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יָקִ֑יצוּya.Ki.tzuthey will awakeH6974 →
נְאֻ֨ם־ne.'Um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.weh[is] YahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
שְׁמֽוֹ׃ סshe.Moname hisH8034 →

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Isaiah 44:25who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,Jeremiah 46:18As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.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.’Jeremiah 48:15Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,Isaiah 21:5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!Jeremiah 51:39While 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.Psalms 76:5–6The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.Ecclesiastes 7:4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.Zechariah 14:16Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.Jeremiah 50:35A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.Jeremiah 51:23With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.Habakkuk 2:16You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.Nahum 3:18O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.Psalms 13:3Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,Daniel 5:1–4Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.Nahum 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.Isaiah 21:4–5My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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