Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 25:16
16They will drink, stagger, and go out of their minds because of the sword I am sending among them.”
Jeremiah 25:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
- New International Version (NIV)When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among them.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”
Context of Jeremiah 25:16
14For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.’” 15This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it. They will drink, stagger, and go out of their minds because of the sword I am sending among them.” 17So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink from it. 18Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah, its kings and its officials, to make them a desolate ruin, an example for scorn and cursing — as it is today;
Read all of Jeremiah 25Jeremiah 25:16 word by word
וְשָׁת֕וּ וְהִֽתְגֹּֽעֲשׁ֖וּ וְהִתְהֹלָ֑לוּ מִפְּנֵ֣י הַחֶ֔רֶב אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י שֹׁלֵ֖חַ בֵּינֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:16
- Jeremiah 25:27“Then you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, as a result of the sword I am sending among you.’
- Jeremiah 51:7Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore, the nations go mad.
- Lamentations 3:15He filled me with bitterness, satiated me with wormwood.
- Lamentations 4:21So rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom, you resident of the land of Uz! Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
- Ezekiel 23:32This is what the Lord God says: “You will drink your sister’s cup, which is deep and wide. You will be an object of ridicule and scorn, for it holds so much.
- Nahum 3:11You also will become drunk; you will hide. You also will seek refuge from the enemy.
- Revelation 14:8And another, a second angel, followed, saying, “It has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen. She made all the nations drink the wine of her sexual immorality, which brings wrath.”
- Revelation 16:9and people were scorched by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.
- Revelation 18:3For all the nations have drunk the wine of her sexual immorality, which brings wrath. The kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from her sensuality and excess.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 25:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Take the wine cup of this fury - For an ample illustration of this passage and simile, see the note on Isaiah 51:21.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Be moved - Rather, stagger.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-29Verses 15-29 The evil and the good events of life are often represented in Scripture as cups. Under this figure is represented the desolation then coming upon that part of the world, of which Nebuchadnezzar, who had just began to reign and act, was to be the instrument; but this destroying sword would come from the hand of God. The desolations the sword should make in all these kingdoms, are represented by the consequences of excessive drinking. This may…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16When they drank from the cup (Jeremiah 25:15), the nations would stagger like they were drunk. The warfare would drive them crazy, making them unable to protect themselves. They would feel hopeless and helpless. In their confusion, they would panic.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. be moved--reel (Na 3:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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