Jeremiah 51:56-58

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁵⁶A destroyer will attack Babylon,
its soldiers will be captured,
and their bows and arrows will be broken.

“I, the Lord, am a God who punishes evil.
I will certainly punish them.
⁵⁷I will make their officials and wise men drunk,
along with their governors, officers, and soldiers.
They will fall into a deep sleep and never wake up,”
declares the king, whose name is the Lord of Armies.

⁵⁸This is what the Lord of Armies says:

The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled,
and its high gates will be set on fire.
People exhaust themselves for nothing.
The nations wear themselves out only to have a fire.

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