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Jeremiah 25:19
19I gave the cup to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials, and all his people,
Jeremiah 25:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
- New International Version (NIV)Pharaoh king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials and all his people,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people;
Context of Jeremiah 25:19
17So I took the cup of anger from the Lord and made all the nations drink from it—every nation to which the Lord sent me. 18I went to Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah, and their kings and officials drank from the cup. From that day until this, they have been a desolate ruin, an object of horror, contempt, and cursing. I gave the cup to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials, and all his people, 20along with all the foreigners living in that land. I also gave it to all the kings of the land of Uz and the kings of the Philistine cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of Ashdod. 21Then I gave the cup to the nations of Edom, Moab, and Ammon,
Read all of Jeremiah 25Jeremiah 25:19 word by word
אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֧ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֛יִם וְאֶת־עֲבָדָ֥יו וְאֶת־שָׂרָ֖יו וְאֶת־כָּל־עַמּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:19
- Jeremiah 43:9“While the people of Judah are watching, take some large rocks and bury them under the pavement stones at the entrance of Pharaoh’s palace here in Tahpanhes.
- Jeremiah 46:2This message concerning Egypt was given in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, the king of Judah, on the occasion of the battle of Carchemish when Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, and his army were defeated beside the Euphrates River by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
- Ezekiel 29:1On January 7, during the tenth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:
- Ezekiel 30:1This is another message that came to me from the Lord:
- Ezekiel 31:1On June 21, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:
- Ezekiel 32:1On March 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:
- Nahum 3:8Are you any better than the city of Thebes, situated on the Nile River, surrounded by water? She was protected by the river on all sides, walled in by water.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 25:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Pharaoh king of Egypt - This was Pharaoh-necho, who was the principal cause of instigating the neighboring nations to form a league against the Chaldeans.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The arrangement is remarkable. Jeremiah begins with the south, Egypt; next Uz on the southeast, and Philistia on the southwest; next, Edom, Moab, and Ammon on the east, and Tyre, and Sidon, and the isles of the Mediterranean on the west; next, in the Far East, various Arabian nations, then northward to Media and Elam, and finally the kings of the north far and near.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. 19-20Many refugees who fled from Judah and nearby countries to Egypt when the Babylonians invaded heard the prophet's message. Uz was a region on Arabia's northern border. Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod were Philistine cities near the Mediterranean Sea.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Pharaoh--put next after Jerusalem, because the Jews had relied most on him, and Egypt and Judea stood on a common footing (Jr 46:2, 25).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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