New English Translation
Jeremiah 25:18
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!
Jeremiah 25:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
- New International Version (NIV)Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin and an object of horror and scorn, a curse—as they are today;
- English Standard Version (ESV)Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;
Context of Jeremiah 25:18
16When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them.” 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. I 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, 20the foreigners living in Egypt; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of the Philistines, the people of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, the people who had been left alive from Ashdod;
Read all of Jeremiah 25Jeremiah 25:18 word by word
אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וְאֶת־עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וְאֶת־מְלָכֶ֖יהָ אֶת־שָׂרֶ֑יהָ לָתֵ֨ת אֹתָ֜ם לְחָרְבָּ֧ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה לִשְׁרֵקָ֥ה וְלִקְלָלָ֖ה כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
- and the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
- and the kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- thereof, and the princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
- thereof, to makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
- them a desolationחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723
- an astonishmentשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: destroyedH8047
- an hissingשְׁרֵקָהsherêqâh · hissingH8322
- and a curseקְלָלָהqelâlâh · curseH7045
- this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:18
- 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 19:3Say, ‘Listen to what the Lord says, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “I will bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it ring!
- Jeremiah 21:6I will kill everything living in Jerusalem, people and animals alike! They will die from terrible diseases.
- Psalms 60:3You have made your people experience hard times; you have made us drink intoxicating wine.
- Isaiah 51:17Wake up! Wake up! Get up, O Jerusalem! You drank from the cup the Lord passed to you, which was full of his anger! You drained dry the goblet full of intoxicating wine.
- Ezekiel 9:5While I listened, he said to the others, “Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare anyone!
- Daniel 9:12He has carried out his threats against us and our rulers who were over us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!
- Amos 2:5So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.”
- Amos 3:2“I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”
- 1 Peter 4:17For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?
- Jeremiah 25:9So I, the Lord, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn.
- Jeremiah 24:9I will bring such disaster on them that all the kingdoms of the earth will be horrified. I will make them an object of reproach, a proverbial example of disaster. I will make them an object of ridicule, an example to be used in curses. That is how they will be remembered wherever I banish them.
- Joshua 6:18But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster.
- 2 Kings 22:19‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 44:22Finally the Lord could no longer endure your wicked deeds and the disgusting things you did. That is why your land has become the desolate, uninhabited ruin that it is today. That is why it has become a proverbial example used in curses.
- 1 Kings 8:24You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 25:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18As it is this day - Words omitted by the Septuagint, and probably added by Jeremiah after the murder of Gedaliah had completed the ruin of the land.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. 18Everyone drank from the cup, meaning the leaders heard the words of judgment. as they are to this day: Jeremiah likely delivered the Lord’s messages during the siege and fall of Jerusalem, from 588 to 586 BC.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Jerusalem--put first: for "judgment begins at the house of God"; they being most guilty whose religious privileges are greatest (1Pe 4:17). kings--Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah. as it is this day--The accomplishment of the curse had already begun under Jehoiakim. This clause, however, may have been inserted by Jeremiah at his final revision of his prophecies in Egypt.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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