Wesley's Explanatory Notes on Jeremiah 51:39

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John Wesley (1703–1791) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Heat - When they shall grow hot with wine, I will make them a feast of another nature. Interpreters judge that Belshazzar, Dan 5:1, made a feast to a thousand of his Lords, when he and his wives, and concubines, drank wine in the vessels belonging to the temple, during which feast the city was taken. And not awake - While they were merry with their wine, they fell into a sleep which they never awoke out of. Jeremiah 51:41

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