Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 51:39
In their heat I will make their feasts—In the midst of their being heated with wine, I will give them "their" potions,—a very different cup to drink, but one which is their due, the wine cup of My stupefying wrath (Jeremiah 25:15; Jeremiah 49:12; Isaiah 51:17; Lamentations 4:21).
rejoice, and sleep . . . perpetual, etc.—that they may exult, and in the midst of their jubilant exultation sleep the sleep of death (Jeremiah 51:57; Isaiah 21:4-5).
Jeremiah 51:38-39
The capture of Babylon was effected on the night of a festival in honor of its idols.
roar . . . yell—The Babylonians were shouting in drunken revelry (compare Daniel 5:4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 51:39:
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