Jeremiah 51:39 meaning and explanation

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:39, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD speaks through Jeremiah against Babylon, the empire that crushed Judah and burned the temple. Babylon's leaders are pictured as lions flushed with heat and appetite, and God says He will set a feast before them.

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