39 While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast,
and I will make them drunk so that they revel.[a](A)
Then they will fall asleep forever
and never wake up.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:39 LXX reads pass out

39 But while they are aroused,
    I will set out a feast for them
    and make them drunk,(A)
so that they shout with laughter—
    then sleep forever(B) and not awake,”
declares the Lord.(C)

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57 I will make her princes and sages drunk,
along with her governors, officials, and warriors.
Then they will fall asleep forever
and never wake up.(A)
This is the King’s declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.(B)

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57 I will make her officials(A) and wise(B) men drunk,(C)
    her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep(D) forever and not awake,”
    declares the King,(E) whose name is the Lord Almighty.

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