Verse 57

Jeremiah 51:57

King James Version

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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.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ֠/הִשְׁכַּרְתִּי שָׂרֶ֨י/הָ וַ/חֲכָמֶ֜י/הָ פַּחוֹתֶ֤י/הָ וּ/סְגָנֶ֨י/הָ֙ וְ/גִבּוֹרֶ֔י/הָ וְ/יָשְׁנ֥וּ שְׁנַת עוֹלָ֖ם וְ/לֹ֣א יָקִ֑יצוּ נְאֻ֨ם הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽ/וֹ

English Translation

And I have hired her princes and her wise men, her lesser ones and her governors, and her mighty men, and they will sleep a year long, and they will not awaken, says the King, Yahweh of Hosts, His name.

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Chapter 51 Context

1 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the mid... Focus ↗

2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of... Focus ↗

3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his... Focus ↗

4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her stre... Focus ↗

5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God (Elohim), of the LORD of hosts; though their... Focus ↗

6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; fo... Focus ↗

7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have... Focus ↗

8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so she may be hea... Focus ↗

9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his o... Focus ↗

10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD... Focus ↗

11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the M... Focus ↗

12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare t... Focus ↗

13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of... Focus ↗

14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpill... Focus ↗

15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched... Focus ↗

16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapors... Focus ↗

17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molt... Focus ↗

18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Focus ↗

19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of... Focus ↗

20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and wit... Focus ↗

21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces t... Focus ↗

22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and yo... Focus ↗

23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in piec... Focus ↗

24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have d... Focus ↗

25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: an... Focus ↗

26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be... Focus ↗

27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against he... Focus ↗

28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the ruler... Focus ↗

29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Baby... Focus ↗

30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath... Focus ↗

31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon t... Focus ↗

32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are... Focus ↗

33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a thre... Focus ↗

34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty ve... Focus ↗

35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my bl... Focus ↗

36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I wi... Focus ↗

37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, witho... Focus ↗

38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps. Focus ↗

39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sle... Focus ↗

40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. Focus ↗

41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an... Focus ↗

42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. Focus ↗

43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither d... Focus ↗

44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallow... Focus ↗

45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of... Focus ↗

46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shal... Focus ↗

47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her... Focus ↗

48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers sha... Focus ↗

49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the ea... Focus ↗

50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusa... Focus ↗

51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are c... Focus ↗

52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: an... Focus ↗

53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength,... Focus ↗

54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: Focus ↗

55 Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do r... Focus ↗

56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of... Focus ↗

57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty me...

58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates... Focus ↗

59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when h... Focus ↗

60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that ar... Focus ↗

61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these w... Focus ↗

62 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall rem... Focus ↗

63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it... Focus ↗

64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 51 (64 verses)
Version: King James Version

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