Jeremiah 51:38 Meaning
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
Context Explained
36Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
37And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
38They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
39In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Revelation 18:2
Both verses declare the fall of Babylon, symbolizing the end of evil.
Isaiah 47:14
Isaiah also prophesies the destruction of Babylon, reinforcing Jeremiah's message.
Matthew 24:2
Jesus speaks of the destruction of Jerusalem, echoing the themes of judgment.
Source: Jeremiah 51:38