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38 They will roar together like (A)young lions;
They will growl like lions’ cubs.
39 When they become heated up, I will set before them their feast
And (B)make them drunk, that they may exult
And may (C)sleep a perpetual sleep
And not wake up,” declares Yahweh.
40 “I will bring them down like [a]lambs (D)to the slaughter,
Like rams together with male goats.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:40 Or young rams

38 Her people all roar like young lions,(A)
    they growl like lion cubs.
39 But while they are aroused,
    I will set out a feast for them
    and make them drunk,(B)
so that they shout with laughter—
    then sleep forever(C) and not awake,”
declares the Lord.(D)
40 “I will bring them down
    like lambs to the slaughter,
    like rams and goats.(E)

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