Jeremiah 51:37-40

King James Version

³⁷And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

³⁸They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.

³⁹In 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.

⁴⁰I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.

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Jeremiah 51:37-40

New International Version

³⁷Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
    a haunt^(A) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,^(B)
    a place where no one lives.^(C)
³⁸Her people all roar like young lions,^(D)
    they growl like lion cubs.
³⁹But while they are aroused,
    I will set out a feast for them
    and make them drunk,^(E)
so that they shout with laughter—
    then sleep forever^(F) and not awake,”
declares the Lord.^(G)
⁴⁰“I will bring them down
    like lambs to the slaughter,
    like rams and goats.^(H)

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Jeremiah 51:37-40

New King James Version

³⁷^(A)Babylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
^(B)An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
³⁸They shall roar together like lions,
They shall growl like lions’ whelps.
³⁹In their excitement I will prepare their feasts;
^(C)I will make them drunk,
That they may rejoice,
And sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the Lord.
⁴⁰“I will bring them down
Like lambs to the slaughter,
Like rams with male goats.