Jeremiah 51:40
"When they are inflamed, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says the LORD."
Key Reflection
This verse depicts divine judgment, where God promises to incapacitate and ultimately destroy those who are spiritually inflamed or rebellious against Him, ensuring they remain unaware of His punishment, akin to a drunken, perpetual sleep from which they cannot awaken. This imagery underscores the totality of God's justice and the irreversible consequences for those who resist Him.
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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes