Jeremiah 51:40

40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and male goats.

Jeremiah 51:40 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:40

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter
To the place of slaughter; who shall be able to make no more resistance than lambs. This explains what is meant by being made drunk, and sleeping a perpetual sleep, even destruction and death: like rams with he goats;
denoting the promiscuous destruction of the prince and common people together.

Jeremiah 51:40 In-Context

38 “They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions’ cubs.

39 While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk, that they may become merry, then sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the Lord.

40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and male goats.

41 “How Babylon is taken, the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!

42 The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.