THEOSISJeremiah 51:39Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
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.
בְּחֻמָּ֞ם אָשִׁ֣ית אֶת־מִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֗ם וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים֙ לְמַ֣עַן יַעֲלֹ֔זוּ וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ שְׁנַת־עוֹלָ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יָקִ֑יצוּ נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 51:57And I will make her princes drunk, and her wise men, and her captains, and her rulers, and her valiant men: and they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, and shall awake no more, saith the king whose name is Lord of hosts.
- Jer 25:27And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and vomit: and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword, which I shall send among you.
- Nah 1:10For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry.
- Isa 22:12And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
- Isa 22:14And the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in my ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till you die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
- Nah 3:11Therefore thou also shalt be made drunk, and shalt be despised: and thou shalt seek help from the enemies.
- Dan 5:1Baltasar, the king, made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles: and every one drank according to his age.
- Dan 5:4They drank wine, and praised their gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone.