Jeremiah

Jeremiah 51:39

³⁹While 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.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
While they are flushed with heat	בְּחֻמָּ֞ם	bə·ḥum·mām	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H2552 be or become warm
I will serve	אָשִׁ֣ית	’ā·šîṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7896 put, set
them	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
a feast	מִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֗ם	miš·tê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H4960 feast
and I will make them drunk	וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים֙	wə·hiš·kar·tîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H7937 be, or beocme, drunk, drunken
so that	לְמַ֣עַן	lə·ma·‘an	Conjunction	H4616 purpose, intent
they may revel	יַעֲלֹ֔זוּ	ya·‘ă·lō·zū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5937 exult
then they will fall asleep	וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ	wə·yā·šə·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H3462 sleep
forever	עוֹלָ֖ם	‘ō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
and never	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
wake up	יָקִ֑יצוּ	yā·qî·ṣū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6974 awake
declares	נְאֻ֖ם	nə·’um	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 51:57 · Jeremiah 25:27 · Nahum 1:10 · Isaiah 22:12–14 · Nahum 3:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.