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Jeremiah 51:57

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KJV ORIGINAL

And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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I'm going to make all of Babylon's leaders completely wasted — their princes, smart guys, captains, rulers, all their powerful people. They're going to fall into a sleep they'll never wake up from, says the King whose name is the LORD of everything.

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God's saying even the most powerful people can't party their way out of his judgment.

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