New English Translation
Jeremiah 25:17
17So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand. I made all the nations to whom he sent me drink the wine of his wrath.
Jeremiah 25:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me:
- New International Version (NIV)So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it:
- English Standard Version (ESV)So I took the cup from the Lord's hand, and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it:
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then I took the cup from the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the Lord had sent me:
Context of Jeremiah 25:17
15So the Lord, the God of Israel, spoke to me in a vision. “Take this cup from my hand. It is filled with the wine of my wrath. Take it and make the nations to whom I send you drink it. 16When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them.” So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand. I made all the nations to whom he sent me drink the wine of his wrath. 18I made Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its officials drink it. I did it so Judah would become a ruin. I did it so Judah, its kings, and its officials would become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, an example used in curses. Such is already becoming the case! 19I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh, king of Egypt; his attendants, his officials, his people,
Read all of Jeremiah 25Jeremiah 25:17 word by word
וָאֶקַּ֥ח אֶת־הַכּ֖וֹס מִיַּ֣ד יְהוָ֑ה וָֽאַשְׁקֶה֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־שְׁלָחַ֥נִי יְהוָ֖ה אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:17
- Jeremiah 25:28If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, tell them that the Lord who rules over all says ‘You most certainly must drink it!
- Jeremiah 1:10Know for certain that I hereby give you the authority to announce to nations and kingdoms that they will be uprooted and torn down, destroyed and demolished, rebuilt and firmly planted.”
- Jeremiah 27:3Use it to send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon. Send them through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to King Zedekiah of Judah.
- Jeremiah 46:1The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the nations.
- Jeremiah 47:1The Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
- Jeremiah 48:1The Lord God of Israel who rules over all spoke about Moab. “Sure to be judged is Nebo! Indeed, it will be destroyed! Kiriathaim will suffer disgrace. It will be captured! Its fortress will suffer disgrace. It will be torn down!
- Jeremiah 49:1The Lord spoke about the Ammonites. “Do you think there are not any people of the nation of Israel remaining? Do you think there are not any of them remaining to reinherit their land? Is that why you people who worship the god Milcom have taken possession of the territory of Gad and live in his cities?
- Jeremiah 50:1The Lord spoke concerning Babylon and the land of Babylonia through the prophet Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah 51:1The Lord says, “I will cause a destructive wind to blow against Babylon and the people who inhabit Babylonia.
- Ezekiel 43:3It was like the vision I saw when he came to destroy the city, and the vision I saw by the Kebar River. I threw myself face down.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 25:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Then took I the cup - and made all the nations to drink - This cup of God's wrath is merely symbolical, and simply means that the prophet should declare to all these people that they shall fall under the Chaldean yoke, and that this is a punishment inflicted on them by God for their iniquities. "Then I took the cup;" I declared publicly the tribulation that God was about to bring on Jerusalem, the cities of Judah, and all the nations.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Then took I the cup - Not actually offering the wine-cup - Holy Scripture has suffered much from this materialistic way of explaining it: but publicly proclaiming this prophecy in Jerusalem, as the central spot of God‘s dealings with men, and leaving it to find its way to the neighboring states.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. 17So I...made all the nations drink from it: Jeremiah did this by announcing God's judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-381. fourth year of Jehoiakim--called the third year in Da 1:1. But probably Jehoiakim was set on the throne by Pharaoh-necho on his return from Carchemish about July, whereas Nebuchadnezzar mounted the throne January 21, 604 B.C.; so that Nebuchadnezzar's first year was partly the third, partly the fourth, of Jehoiakim's. Here first Jeremiah gives specific dates. Nebuchadnezzar had previously entered Judea in the reign of his father Nabopolassar.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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