Jeremiah 51:39
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 51:39 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 51:39 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 51:39 — KJV
“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.”
— Jeremiah 51:39 (KJV)
Jeremiah 51:39 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 51:39
“And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:39: make, sleep, perpetual
“Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:39: make, may, saith
“Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:39: make, rejoice, saith
“That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. which...: Heb. upon whom my name is called”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:39: heat, may, saith
“These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:39: may, sleep, wake
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