Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 51:57 - 51:57

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 51:57 - 51:57


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Drunken men use to fall asleep. The prophet speaks here metaphorically. His meaning is, that the Lord would fill them with the wine of his fury, mentioned Jer_30:15,16, and upon the drinking of it they should sleep their last sleep, the effects of it should be their utter ruin and destruction. Yet there seemeth to be an allusion to the posture the king of Babylon, and the thousand of his lords, mentioned Dan_5:1, were in, when their city was taken (which, as was before said, was in the time of the festival of their idol Shach,) when they were drinking wine in the bowls that were brought from the temple at Jerusalem, Jer_51:3 Jer_51:30, it is said, In that very night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.