Jeremiah 51 · Verse 57

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.
Jeremiah 51:57, King James Version

Jeremiah 51:57 in other translations

BSBI 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.
WEBI will make her princes, her wise men, her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men drunk. They will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says the King, whose name is the LORD of Armies.
ASVAnd I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
YLTAnd I have caused its princes to drink, And its wise men, its governors, And its prefects, and its mighty ones, And they have slept a sleep age-during, And they awake not--an affirmation of the king, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.
DARBYAnd I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her governors, and her rulers, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
BBEAnd I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Jeremiah 51:57 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
57. (Jr 51:39; Da 5:1, &c.).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 57 I will make drunk her princes - See on Jer 51:39 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 51:1-58

Babylon's doom; God's controversy with her; encouragements from thence to the Israel of God. (Jr 51:1-58) The confirming of this. (Jr 51:59-64) Verses 1-58 The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her. Destruction comes when they did not think of it. Wherever we…

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Jeremiah 51:57 in the original Hebrew

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וְ֠הִשְׁכַּרְתִּיVe.hish.kar.tiand I will make drunkH7937
שָׂרֶ֨יהָsa.Rei.haofficials itsH8269
וַחֲכָמֶ֜יהָva.cha.kha.Mei.haand wise [people] itsH2450
פַּחוֹתֶ֤יהָpa.cho.Tei.hagovernors itsH6346
וּסְגָנֶ֙יהָ֙u.se.ga.Nei.haand officials itsH5461
וְגִבּוֹרֶ֔יהָve.gi.bo.Rei.haand warriors itsH1368
וְיָשְׁנ֥וּve.ya.she.Nuand they will sleepH3462
שְׁנַת\־she.nat-a sleep ofH8142
עוֹלָ֖םo.LamperpetuityH5769
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יָקִ֑יצוּya.Ki.tzuthey will awakeH6974
נְאֻ֨ם\־ne.'Um-[the] utterance ofH5002
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
יְהוָ֥הYah.weh[is] YahwehH3068
צְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
שְׁמֽוֹ\׃\ \סshe.Moname hisH8034

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Cross references for Jeremiah 51:57

  • Jeremiah 46:18

    As I live, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

  • Jeremiah 48:15

    Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 76:5-6

    The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

  • Jeremiah 51:39

    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.

  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

  • Isaiah 21:4-5

    My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

  • Daniel 5:1-4

    Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

  • Habakkuk 2:15-17

    Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

  • Revelation 18:9

    And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

  • Malachi 1:14

    But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

  • Revelation 18:6-7

    Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
39; 25:27; Isa 21:4,5; Da 5:1-4,30,31; Na 1:10; Hab 2:15-17
Re 18:6,7,9
sleep a.
Ps 76:5,6; Isa 37:36
the king.
46:18; 48:15; Mal 1:14

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Context

  • Jeremiah 51:56

    Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite.

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 51:58

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

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Jeremiah 51:57 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y embriagaré sus príncipes y sus sabios, sus capitanes y sus nobles y sus fuertes; y dormirán sueño eterno y no despertarán, dice el Rey, cuyo nombre es Jehová de los ejércitos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et j’enivrerai ses princes et ses sages, ses gouverneurs, et ses chefs, et ses hommes forts; et ils dormiront d’un sommeil perpétuel, et ils ne se réveilleront pas, dit le Roi: l’ Éternel des armées est son nom.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich berausche seine Fürsten und seine Weisen, seine Landpfleger und seine Statthalter und seine Helden, daß sie entschlafen zu ewigem Schlafe und nicht mehr erwachen, spricht der König, Jehova der Heerscharen ist sein Name.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et inebriabo principes ejus, et sapientes ejus, et duces ejus, et magistratus ejus, et fortes ejus: et dormient somnum sempiternum, et non expergiscentur, ait Rex (Dominus exercituum nomen ejus).