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Jeremiah 25:16
16When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send 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.
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)When they drink from it, they will stagger, crazed by the warfare I will send against them.”
Context of Jeremiah 25:16
14They themselves will be enslaved by many nations and great kings; 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 from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among them.” 17So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it: 18Jerusalem 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;
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 tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword I will send among you.’
- Jeremiah 51:7Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand; she made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they have now gone mad.
- Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitter herbs and given me gall to drink.
- Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. But to you also the cup will be passed; you will be drunk and stripped naked.
- Ezekiel 23:32“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup large and deep; it will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.
- Nahum 3:11You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.
- Revelation 14:8A second angel followed and said, “ ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’ which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”
- Revelation 16:9They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.
- Revelation 18:3For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”
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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