Jeremiah 51:39
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
בְּחֻמָּםbechumamwhen getting heated theyH2552אָשִׁית'ashitI will makeH7896אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853מִשְׁתֵּיהֶםmishteihemfeast theirH4960וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּיםvehishkartimand I will make drunk themH7937לְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616יַעֲלֹזוּya'alozuthey may celebrateH5937וְיָשְׁנוּveyashenuand they will sleepH3462שְׁנַת־shenat-a sleep ofH8142עוֹלָםolamperpetuityH5769וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יָקִיצוּyakitzuthey will awakeH6974נְאֻםne'um[the] utterance ofH5002יְהוָה׃yahwehYahwehH3068
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- Psalm 13:3Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
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