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Jeremiah 51:57 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Jeremiah 51:57 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 51 verse 57 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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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Cross-References for Jeremiah 51:57
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“says the King”
“and they are gone up into his cities”
“Thus says Yahweh of Armies”
“I will make their feast”
“they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.”
“who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her”
“and my name is awesome among the nations.”
“In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.”
“and repay her double as she did”