Jeremiah 25:16

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

14(For many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even them; and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.)’” 15For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and give it to all the nations to whom I send you, to drink from it. Then they will drink and loudly vomit and act insanely because of the sword that I am going to send among them.” 17So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and gave it to all the nations to whom the Lord sent me, to drink from it: 18To Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, and its kings and its officials, to make them places of ruins, objects of horror, hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

Jeremiah 25:16 word by word

וְשָׁת֕וּ וְהִֽתְגֹּֽעֲשׁ֖וּ וְהִתְהֹלָ֑לוּ מִפְּנֵ֣י הַחֶ֔רֶב אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י שֹׁלֵ֖חַ בֵּינֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• and loudlyגָּעַשׁgâ‛ash · to shakeH1607
• and actהָלַלhâlal · to be foolishH1984
• insanelyהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
• becauseמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• becauseפָּנֶהpânîym · face: becauseH6440
• of the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• that I am going to sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• amongבַּ֫יִןbêyn · between: amongH996

Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:16

• Jeremiah 25:27“And you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Drink, be drunk, vomit, fall down, and do not get up, because of the sword which I am sending among you.”’
• Jeremiah 51:7Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, Intoxicating all the earth. The nations have drunk of her wine; Therefore the nations are going insane.
• Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink plenty of wormwood.
• Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be joyful, daughter of Edom, Who lives in the land of Uz; But the cup will pass to you as well, You will become 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 laughed at and held in derision; Because it contains much.
• Nahum 3:11You too will become drunk, You will be hidden. You too will search for a refuge from the enemy.
• Revelation 14:8And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality.”
• Revelation 16:9And the people were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory.
• Revelation 18:3For all the nations have fallen because of the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich from the excessive wealth of her luxury.”

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

Topics related to Jeremiah 25:16

• Ammonites
• Anger
• Cup
• Drunkenness
• Government
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Nation
• Sidon
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Captivity
• Controversy
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• Feign
• Habakkuk
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• Mad; Madness
• Jeremiah, Book of

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