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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 51:57 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 51:57 |
Strong Concordance |
And I will make drunk [07937] her princes [08269], and her wise [02450] men, her captains [06346], and her rulers [05461], and her mighty men [01368]: and they shall sleep [03462] a perpetual [05769] sleep [08142], and not wake [06974], saith [05002] the King [04428], whose name [08034] is the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (Jer 51:39; Dan 5:1, &c.). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Drunk - A plain allusion to the posture the king of Babylon, and the thousand of his lords were in, when their city was taken while they were drinking wine in the bowls that were brought from the temple at Jerusalem. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I will make drunk her princes - See on Jer 51:39 (note). |
1 Belshazzar [01113] the king [04430] made [05648] a great [07229] feast [03900] to a thousand [0506] of his lords [07261], and drank [08355] wine [02562] before [06903] the thousand [0506].
39 In their heat [02527] I will make [07896] their feasts [04960], and I will make them drunken [07937], that they may rejoice [05937], and sleep [03462] a perpetual [05769] sleep [08142], and not wake [06974], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
39 In their heat [02527] I will make [07896] their feasts [04960], and I will make them drunken [07937], that they may rejoice [05937], and sleep [03462] a perpetual [05769] sleep [08142], and not wake [06974], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].