Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. New 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. English 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. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version In their excitement I will prepare their feasts; I will make them drunk, That they may rejoice, And sleep a perpetual sleep And not awake,” says the LORD. New American Standard Bible “When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet And make them drunk, so that they may rejoice in triumph, And may sleep a perpetual sleep And not wake up,” declares the LORD. NASB 1995 “When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet And make them drunk, that they may become jubilant And may sleep a perpetual sleep And not wake up,” declares the LORD. NASB 1977 “When they become heated up, I shall serve them their banquet And make them drunk, that they may become jubilant And may sleep a perpetual sleep And not wake up,” declares the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible When they become heated up, I will set before them their feast And make them drunk, that they may exult And may sleep a perpetual sleep And not wake up,” declares Yahweh. Amplified Bible “When they are inflamed [with wine and lust during their drinking bouts], I will prepare them a feast [of My wrath] And make them drunk, that they may rejoice And may sleep a perpetual sleep And not wake up,” declares the LORD. Christian 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they revel. Then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up. This is the LORD’s declaration. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English With anger I shall make their drink and I shall make them drunk, and they shall be wrecked and they shall sleep a sleep to eternity and they shall not be awakened, says LORD JEHOVAH Brenton Septuagint Translation In their heat I will give them a draught, and make them drunk, that they may be stupified, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and not awake, saith the Lord. Contemporary English Version And since they are hungry, I will give them a banquet. They will celebrate, get drunk, then fall asleep, never to wake up! Douay-Rheims Bible In their heat I will set them drink: and I will make them drunk, that they may slumber, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and awake no more, saith the Lord. English Revised Version 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 the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation When they are excited, I will prepare a feast for them and make them drunk so that they will shout and laugh. They will fall into a deep sleep and never wake up again, declares the LORD. Good News Translation Are they greedy? I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk and happy. They will go to sleep and never wake up. International Standard Version When they're excited I'll serve them their banquet, and make them drunk until they're merry. They'll sleep forever and won't wake up," declares the LORD. JPS Tanakh 1917 With their poison I will prepare their feast, And I will make them drunken, that they may be convulsed, And sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, Saith the LORD. Literal Standard Version In their heat I make their banquets, | And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, | And have slept a continuous sleep, | And do not awaken,” a declaration of YHWH. Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible When they are parched, I will set drink before them to make them drunk, that they may be overcome with everlasting sleep, never to awaken— oracle of the LORD. NET Bible When their appetites are all stirred up, I will set out a banquet for them. I will make them drunk so that they will pass out, they will fall asleep forever, they will never wake up," says the LORD. New Revised Standard Version When they are inflamed, I will set out their drink and make them drunk, until they become merry and then sleep a perpetual sleep and never wake, says the LORD. New Heart English Bible When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake," says the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible 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 Yahweh. Young's Literal Translation In their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a sleep age-during, And awake not -- an affirmation of Jehovah. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Babylon's Punishment…38They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs. 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. 40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.… Cross References Psalm 13:3 Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death, Psalm 76:5 The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand. Isaiah 21:5 They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields! 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 48:26 "Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock. 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. Treasury of Scripture 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, said the LORD. their heat 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. Isaiah 21:4,5 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me… 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: … and sleep 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. Psalm 13:3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Psalm 76:5,6 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands… Jump to Previous Aroused Awaking Banquet Convulsed Declares Drink Drunk Drunken Eternal Exult Feast Feasts Forever Heat Heated Inflamed Jubilant Laughter Overcome Perpetual Poison Prepare Rejoice Serve Shout Sleep Sleeping Swoon Unconscious WakeJump to Next Aroused Awaking Banquet Convulsed Declares Drink Drunk Drunken Eternal Exult Feast Feasts Forever Heat Heated Inflamed Jubilant Laughter Overcome Perpetual Poison Prepare Rejoice Serve Shout Sleep Sleeping Swoon Unconscious WakeJeremiah 51 1. The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel59. Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, 64. in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon (39) In their heat I will make their feasts . . .--The words are stern and bitter in their irony. When the revellers are hot with wine and lust (comp. Hosea 7:4-7) Jehovah would call them to a banquet of another kind. The wine cup which He would give them would be that of His wrath (Jeremiah 25:16-17), and their drunken joy should end in an eternal sleep. So Herodotus (i. 191) narrates that when Cyrus took the city by his stratagem the inhabitants were keeping a feast with their wonted revelry and license. (Compare Xenoph. Cyrop?d. vii. 23.) Hebrew While they are flushed with heat,בְּחֻמָּ֞ם (bə·ḥum·mām) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 2527: Heat I will serve אָשִׁ֣ית (’ā·šîṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 7896: To put, set them a feast, מִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֗ם (miš·tê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4960: Drink, drinking, a banquet, feast and I will make them drunk וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים֙ (wə·hiš·kar·tîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 7937: To become tipsy, to satiate with a, stimulating drink, influence so that לְמַ֣עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Conjunction Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent they may revel; יַעֲלֹ֔זוּ (ya·‘ă·lō·zū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5937: To jump for, joy, exult then they will fall asleep וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ (wə·yā·šə·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3462: To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate forever עוֹלָ֖ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always and never וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no wake up, יָקִ֑יצוּ (yā·qî·ṣū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6974: Arise, be awake, watch declares נְאֻ֖ם (nə·’um) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Jeremiah 51:39 NIVJeremiah 51:39 NLT Jeremiah 51:39 ESV Jeremiah 51:39 NASB Jeremiah 51:39 KJV Jeremiah 51:39 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 51:39 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 51:39 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 51:39 French Bible Jeremiah 51:39 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:39 When they are heated I will make (Jer.) |