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Jeremiah 51:57 Cross-References

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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.

Jeremiah 51:57 (KJV)

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Commentary on Jeremiah 51:57

And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men (וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּי שָׂרֶיהָ וַחֲכָמֶיהָ פַּחוֹתֶיהָ וּסְגָנֶיהָ וְגִבּוֹרֶיהָ, v'hishkarti sareha vachamameha pachoteha us'ganeha v'gibboreha)—God will intoxicate Babylon's entire leadership: princes, sages, governors, officials, warriors. The verb shakar (make drunk) suggests stupor, inability to function. This recalls Belshazzar's feast (Daniel 5:1-4)—literal drunkenness accompanied spiritual blindness.And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake (וְיָשְׁנוּ שְׁנַת עוֹלָם וְלֹא יָקִיצ...

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