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55 For Yahweh is devastating Babylon,
    and he obliterates her loud noise[a] from her.
Their waves roar like mighty waters,
    the roar of their voices[b] resounds.
56 For a destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,
    and her warriors are captured.
Their bows are broken;
    for Yahweh is a God of recompense,
    certainly he will repay.
57 “And I will make drunk her officials, and her wise men,
    her governors, and her officials, and her warriors,
and they will sleep an everlasting sleep,[c]
    and they will not wake up,”
declares[d] the King, Yahweh of hosts is his name.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:55 Or “voice”
  2. Jeremiah 51:55 Hebrew “voice”
  3. Jeremiah 51:57 Literally “a sleep of eternity”
  4. Jeremiah 51:57 Literally “a declaration of”

55 The Lord will destroy Babylon;
    he will silence(A) her noisy din.
Waves(B) of enemies will rage like great waters;
    the roar of their voices will resound.
56 A destroyer(C) will come against Babylon;
    her warriors will be captured,
    and their bows will be broken.(D)
For the Lord is a God of retribution;
    he will repay(E) in full.
57 I will make her officials(F) and wise(G) men drunk,(H)
    her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep(I) forever and not awake,”
    declares the King,(J) whose name is the Lord Almighty.

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