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Jeremiah 51:38

They will be crying out together like lions, their voices will be like the voices of young lions.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.

In Context

37And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.

39When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.

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Cross References

Judges 16:20Then she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And awaking from his sleep, he said, I will go out as at other times, shaking myself free. But he was not conscious that the Lord had gone from him.

Psalms 34:10\34:9\Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.

Isaiah 35:9No lion will be there, or any cruel beast; they will not be seen there; but those for whom the Lord has given a price,

Nahum 2:11\2:10\Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:2-59

The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her… Read the whole commentary →

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