Jer 51:38-40 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 51:38-40: 51:38-40 The Lord proclaimed that he would use wine to turn the lion that once terrorized and destroyed nations (5:6 ; 25:38 ; 49:19 ) into an easily subdued lamb. Wine as an instrument of wrath was usually figurative (25:15-29 ), but here it was literal (see Dan 5 ).

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‏ Jeremiah 51:38-40

Summary for Jer 51:38-40: 51:38-40 ^a The Lord proclaimed that he would use wine to turn the lion that once terrorized and destroyed nations (5:6 ^b; 25:38 ^c; 49:19 ^d) into an easily subdued lamb. Wine as an instrument of wrath was usually figurative (25:15-29 ^e), but here it was literal (see Dan 5 ^f).