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They will fall asleep and never wake up again!” says the King, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Standard Version</a> I will make drunk her officials and her wise men, her governors, her commanders, and her warriors; they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> I 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. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/51.htm">New King James Version</a> “And I will make drunk Her princes and wise men, Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men. And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep And not awake,” says the King, Whose name is the LORD of hosts. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “I will make her leaders and her wise men drunk, Her governors, her officials, and her warriors, So that they will sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,” Declares the King, whose name is the LORD of armies. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220I will make her princes and her wise men drunk, Her governors, her prefects and her mighty men, That they may sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,&#8221 Declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And I shall make her princes and her wise men drunk, Her governors, her prefects, and her mighty men, That they may sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,” Declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “I will make her princes and her wise men drunk, Her governors, her prefects, and her mighty men, That they may sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,” Declares the King, whose name is Yahweh of hosts. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “I will make her princes and her wise men drunk, Her governors and her commanders and her mighty warriors; They will sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,” Says the King—the LORD of hosts is His name. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. This is the King’s declaration; the LORD of Armies is his name. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. This is the King&#8217s declaration; Yahweh of Hosts is His name. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/51.htm">American Standard Version</a> And 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. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I, the LORD All-Powerful, the true King, promise that the officials and advisors, the governors and leaders, and the soldiers of Babylon will get drunk, fall asleep, and never wake up. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/51.htm">English Revised Version</a> And 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 the LORD of hosts. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will make their officials and wise men drunk, along with their governors, officers, and soldiers. They will fall into a deep sleep and never wake up," declares the king, whose name is the LORD of Armies. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/51.htm">Good News Translation</a> I will make its rulers drunk--men of wisdom, leaders, and soldiers. They will go to sleep and never wake up. I, the king, have spoken; I am the LORD Almighty. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/51.htm">International Standard Version</a> I'll make their leaders, their wise men, their governors, their deputies, and their warriors drunk so that they sleep forever and don't wake up," declares the King whose name is the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I 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. <a href="/net/jeremiah/51.htm">NET Bible</a> "I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her governors, leaders, and warriors. They will fall asleep forever and never wake up," says the King whose name is the LORD who rules over all. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "I will make drunk her officials and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up," says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/51.htm">World English Bible</a> I 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 Yahweh of Armies. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I have caused her princes to drink, "" And her wise men, her governors, "" And her prefects, and her mighty ones, "" And they have slept a continuous sleep, "" And they do not awaken—an affirmation of the King, "" YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And 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. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I made drunk her chiefs and her wise, her prefects and her rulers, and her strong ones: and they shall sleep an eternal sleep, and they shall not rise up, says the King, Jehovah of armies his name.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And 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 whose name is Lord of hosts. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> “And I will inebriate her leaders, and her wise ones, and her military rulers, and her civil rulers, and her strong ones. And they will sleep an everlasting sleep, and they will not awaken,” says the King: the Lord of hosts is his name. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/51.htm">New American Bible</a> I will make her princes and sages drunk, with her governors, officers, and warriors, so that they sleep an everlasting sleep, never to awaken—oracle of the King, whose name is LORD of hosts. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I will make her officials and her sages drunk, also her governors, her deputies, and her warriors; they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and never wake, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her noble men and her rulers and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I shall make her Princes drunk, and her wise men, and her Nobles, and her Rulers, and her mighty men, and they shall sleep a sleep to eternity, and they shall not be awakened, says The King. LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts is his Name ?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And 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 the LORD of hosts. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> The Lord recompenses, and will make her leaders and her wise men and her captains completely drunk, saith the King, the Lord Almighty is his name. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=16471" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/51.htm">Babylon's Punishment</a> …56For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full. 57<a href="/hebrew/8269.htm" title="8269: śā·re·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince. From sarar; a head person.">I will make her princes</a> <a href="/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450: wa·ḥă·ḵā·me·hā (Conj-w:: Adj-mpc:: 3fs) -- Wise. From chakam; wise.">and wise men</a> <a href="/hebrew/7937.htm" title="7937: wə·hiš·kar·tî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or influence.">drunk,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6346.htm" title="6346: pa·ḥō·w·ṯe·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A governor. Of foreign origin; a prefect.">along with her governors,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5461.htm" title="5461: ū·sə·ḡā·ne·hā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A prefect, ruler. From an unused root meaning to superintend; a prefect of a province.">officials,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1368.htm" title="1368: wə·ḡib·bō·w·re·hā (Conj-w:: Adj-mpc:: 3fs) -- Strong, mighty. Or gibbor; intensive from the same as geber; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant.">and warriors.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3462.htm" title="3462: wə·yā·šə·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To sleep. A primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. sleep; also to grow old, stale or inveterate.">Then they will fall asleep</a> <a href="/hebrew/8142.htm" title="8142: šə·naṯ- (N-fsc) -- Sleep. Or shena; from yashen; sleep."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">forever</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6974.htm" title="6974: yā·qî·ṣū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- Arise, be awake, watch. A primitive root (compare yaqats); to awake.">wake up,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">the King,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">whose name</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">is the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts.</a> 58This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/21-5.htm">Isaiah 21:5</a> They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields! <a href="/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18</a> O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. <a href="/daniel/5-1.htm">Daniel 5:1-4</a> Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them. / Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines. / Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines. ... <a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-5</a> “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” ... <a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Habakkuk 2:15-16</a> Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness! / You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory. <a href="/revelation/17-2.htm">Revelation 17:2</a> The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” <a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3</a> All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” <a href="/isaiah/14-18.htm">Isaiah 14:18-20</a> All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb. / But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot. / You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned. <a href="/daniel/5-30.htm">Daniel 5:30-31</a> That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain, / and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two. <a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Isaiah 13:1-3</a> This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: / Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. / I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. <a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a> Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.” <a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a> The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. <a href="/isaiah/24-21.htm">Isaiah 24:21-23</a> In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below. / They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days. / The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory. <a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2-3</a> The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. / Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. <a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a> Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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, said the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.I will<a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Jeremiah 51:39</a> 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.<a href="/jeremiah/25-27.htm">Jeremiah 25:27</a> 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.<a href="/isaiah/21-4.htm">Isaiah 21:4,5</a> My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me… sleep a<a href="/psalms/76-5.htm">Psalm 76:5,6</a> The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands… <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Isaiah 37:36</a> 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.the king<a href="/jeremiah/46-18.htm">Jeremiah 46:18</a> 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.<a href="/jeremiah/48-15.htm">Jeremiah 48:15</a> 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.<a href="/malachi/1-14.htm">Malachi 1:14</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-48.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-28.htm">Captains</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-49.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-23.htm">Commanders</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-53.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-28.htm">Deputies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-28.htm">Governors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-56.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-26.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-56.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Perpetual</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-28.htm">Prefects</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-28.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/songs/5-2.htm">Slept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Wake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-56.htm">War</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-30.htm">Warriors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-7.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-15.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/11-8.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-60.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-24.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-58.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/daniel/2-21.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-22.htm">Captains</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-5.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-21.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-6.htm">Commanders</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/daniel/3-2.htm">Deputies</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-15.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-19.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-62.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-6.htm">Governors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-58.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-1.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-24.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-5.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-64.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-62.htm">Perpetual</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-12.htm">Prefects</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-10.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-10.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-8.htm">Slept</a> <a href="/joel/1-5.htm">Wake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-7.htm">War</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-5.htm">Warriors</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-15.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 51</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel</a> 59. <a href="/jeremiah/51-59.htm">Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, </a> 64. <a href="/jeremiah/51-64.htm">in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The imagery of drunkenness symbolizes confusion and helplessness, often used in Scripture to depict God's judgment (<a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Isaiah 29:9-10</a>). The "princes and wise men" represent the ruling class and advisors, highlighting that even the most esteemed and knowledgeable will be rendered powerless. This reflects the futility of human wisdom against divine will (<a href="/1_corinthians/1-19.htm">1 Corinthians 1:19-20</a>).along with her governors, officials, and warriors The inclusion of "governors, officials, and warriors" emphasizes the totality of Babylon's downfall. These groups represent the administrative and military strength of the empire. Historically, Babylon was known for its formidable military and efficient governance, yet this prophecy foretells their inevitable collapse. This mirrors the fate of other nations that opposed God, such as Egypt (<a href="/exodus/14-17.htm">Exodus 14:17-18</a>).Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up The phrase "fall asleep forever" is a metaphor for death, indicating the finality of God's judgment. In biblical terms, sleep often symbolizes death (<a href="/john/11-11.htm">John 11:11-14</a>). The permanence of this sleep underscores the irreversible nature of Babylon's destruction. This prophecy was fulfilled when Babylon fell to the Medes and Persians in 539 BC, as recorded in <a href="/daniel/5.htm">Daniel 5</a>.declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts This declaration asserts God's sovereignty and authority over all earthly powers. The title "King" affirms His ultimate rule, while "LORD of Hosts" (Yahweh Sabaoth) emphasizes His command over heavenly armies. This title is frequently used in contexts of divine warfare and judgment (<a href="/1_samuel/17-45.htm">1 Samuel 17:45</a>). It reassures believers of God's control over history and His ability to fulfill His promises, foreshadowing the ultimate victory through Christ, the King of Kings (<a href="/revelation/19-16.htm">Revelation 19:16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> The empire that is the subject of God's judgment in this chapter. Babylon was a powerful and influential city known for its wealth and military might. 2. <a href="/topical/o/officials_and_wise_men.htm">Officials and Wise Men</a> These are the leaders and advisors of Babylon, representing the intellectual and political elite who are being judged by God. 3. <a href="/topical/g/governors,_officers,_and_warriors.htm">Governors, Officers, and Warriors</a> These are the military and administrative leaders of Babylon, symbolizing the strength and defense of the empire. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_king,_the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The King, the LORD of Hosts</a> This refers to God Himself, who is declaring His judgment upon Babylon. "LORD of Hosts" emphasizes His supreme authority and command over heavenly armies. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_event_of_judgment.htm">The Event of Judgment</a> The prophecy of Babylon's downfall, where its leaders will be rendered powerless and will "sleep forever," indicating their ultimate defeat and demise.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> God is in control of all nations and their leaders. No power is beyond His reach or judgment. <a href="/topical/t/the_folly_of_human_pride.htm">The Folly of Human Pride</a> Human wisdom and strength are futile against God's plans. Pride leads to downfall, as seen in Babylon's leaders. <a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Certainty of Divine Judgment</a> God's declarations are sure and will come to pass. His judgment is both just and inevitable for those who oppose Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_humility_and_repentance.htm">The Call to Humility and Repentance</a> Recognizing God's authority should lead us to humility and repentance, avoiding the fate of Babylon. <a href="/topical/t/the_assurance_of_god's_justice.htm">The Assurance of God's Justice</a> Believers can trust that God will ultimately bring justice, righting the wrongs of oppressive systems and leaders.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_51.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 51</a> <a href="/q/what_is_loss_in_philippians_3_8.htm">What does 'God of Recompense' mean?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_jeremiah_in_egypt_and_judah.htm">How can we reconcile Jeremiah's presence in Egypt with traditions that he remained in Judah (Jer 43:6-7)?</a> <a href="/q/why_punish_babylon_if_god_used_it.htm">Jeremiah 51:7 calls Babylon a 'golden cup' in God's hand; if God used Babylon, why should the nation be punished?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_jer._51_37_align_with_babylon's_history.htm">Jeremiah 51:37 claims Babylon will be 'a heap of ruins,' but archaeological findings indicate the city remained active for centuries--how does this align with the text?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/51.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(57) I will make drunk her princes.--The imagery is repeated from <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm" title="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, said the LORD.">Jeremiah 51:39</a>, and carries out the thought of <a href="/context/jeremiah/25-15.htm" title="For thus said the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.">Jeremiah 25:15-16</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/25-27.htm" title="Therefore you shall say to them, Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink you, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.">Jeremiah 25:27</a>. On the list of officers see Note on <a href="/jeremiah/51-23.htm" title="I will also break in pieces with you the shepherd and his flock; and with you will I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you will I break in pieces captains and rulers.">Jeremiah 51:23</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 57. - Her captains, and her rulers (see on ver. 23). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I will make her princes שָׂרֶ֨יהָ (śā·re·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8269.htm">Strong's 8269: </a> Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince and wise men וַחֲכָמֶ֜יהָ (wa·ḥă·ḵā·me·hā) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2450.htm">Strong's 2450: </a> Wise drunk, וְ֠הִשְׁכַּרְתִּי (wə·hiš·kar·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7937.htm">Strong's 7937: </a> To become tipsy, to satiate with a, stimulating drink, influence along with her governors, פַּחוֹתֶ֤יהָ (pa·ḥō·w·ṯe·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6346.htm">Strong's 6346: </a> A governor officials, וּסְגָנֶ֙יהָ֙ (ū·sə·ḡā·ne·hā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5461.htm">Strong's 5461: </a> A prefect of a, province and warriors. וְגִבּוֹרֶ֔יהָ (wə·ḡib·bō·w·re·hā) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1368.htm">Strong's 1368: </a> Powerful, warrior, tyrant Then they will fall asleep וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ (wə·yā·šə·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3462.htm">Strong's 3462: </a> To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate forever עוֹלָ֖ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always and not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no wake up,” יָקִ֑יצוּ (yā·qî·ṣū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6974.htm">Strong's 6974: </a> Arise, be awake, watch declares נְאֻ֨ם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the King, הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king whose name שְׁמֽוֹ׃ (šə·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name is the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts. צְבָא֖וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Jeremiah 51:57 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Jeremiah 51:57 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Jeremiah 51:57 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Jeremiah 51:57 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Jeremiah 51:57 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Jeremiah 51:57 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Jeremiah 51:57 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Jeremiah 51:57 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Jeremiah 51:57 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Jeremiah 51:57 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-57.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 51:57 I will make drunk her princes (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/51-56.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:56"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:56" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/51-58.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 51:58"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 51:58" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>