Jeremiah 51:56-58

New Century Version

⁵⁶The army has come to destroy Babylon.
    Her soldiers have been captured,
    and their bows are broken,
because the Lord is a God who punishes people for the evil they do.
    He gives them the full punishment they deserve.
⁵⁷I will make Babylon’s rulers and wise men drunk,
    and her governors, officers, and soldiers, too.
Then they will sleep forever and never wake up,” says the King,
    whose name is the Lord All-Powerful.

⁵⁸This is what the Lord All-Powerful says:

“Babylon’s thick wall will be completely pulled down
and her high gates burned.
The people will work hard, but it won’t help;
their work will only become fuel for the flames!”

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