Jeremiah 51:39-57

39When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet And 1make them drunk, so that they may rejoice in triumph, And may 2sleep a perpetual sleep And not wake up,” declares the Lord.40“I will bring them down like 3lambs 4to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats.

41“How 56Sheshak has been captured, And 7the praise of the whole earth has been seized! How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!42The 89sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed by its roaring waves.43Her cities have become an 10object of horror, A dry land and a desert, A land in which 11no one lives And through which no 12one of mankind passes.4413I will punish Bel in Babylon, And I will make what he has swallowed 14come out of his mouth; And the nations will no longer 15stream toward him. Even the 16wall of Babylon has fallen down!

45“17Come out from her midst, My people, And each of you 18save yourselves From the fierce anger of the Lord.46Now, 19so that your heart does not grow faint, And you are not afraid at the 20report that will be heard in the land-- For the report will come in 21one year, And after that 22another report in 23another year, And violence will be in the land With 24ruler against ruler--47Therefore behold, days are coming When I will punish the 25idols of Babylon; And her whole land will be 26put to shame. And all her slain will fall in her midst.48Then 27heaven and earth and everything that is in them Will shout for joy over Babylon, Because 28the destroyers will come to her from the north,” Declares the Lord.

4929Indeed, Babylon is to fall for the slain of Israel, As 30the slain of all the earth have also fallen for Babylon.50You 31who have escaped the sword, Go! Do not stay! 32Remember the Lord from far away, And let Jerusalem 33come to your mind.5134We are ashamed because we have heard rebuke; Disgrace has covered our faces, Because 35strangers have entered The holy places of the Lord’s house.

52“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When I will punish her 36idols, And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.53Though Babylon 37ascends to the heavens, And though she fortifies 38her lofty stronghold, Destroyers will come from 39Me to her,” declares the Lord.

54The 40sound of an outcry from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!55For the Lord is going to destroy Babylon, And He will make her loud 41noise vanish from her. And their 42waves will roar like many waters; The clamor of their voices 43sounds forth.56For the 44destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon, And her warriors will be captured, Their 45bows shattered; For the Lord is a God of 46retribution, He will fully repay.57“I will 47make her leaders and her wise men drunk, Her governors, her officials, and her warriors, So that they will sleep a 48perpetual sleep and not wake up,” 49Declares the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.