38 They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs. 39 While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD. 40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
Jeremiah 51:38–40
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