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Jeremiah 25:16
16They will drink, and reel to and fro, and be like madmen, because of the sword that 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.
- 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
14For many nations and great kings will make slaves of them also. So I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their own hands.” 15For thus says Adonai, the God of Israel, to me: “Take this cup of the wine of fury from My hand, and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink it. They will drink, and reel to and fro, and be like madmen, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17Then I took the cup from Adonai’s hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom Adonai had sent me: 18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with its kings and its princes—to make them an appalling horror and hissing, a curse as it is this day;
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 25:27And you will say to them, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “Drink, be drunken, vomit, fall down and rise no more, because of the sword that I will send among you.”
- Jeremiah 51:7Babylon has been a golden cup in Adonai’s hand, intoxicating the whole earth. The nations drunk her wine— so the nations are going crazy.
- Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness and made me drink wormwood.
- Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. To you also will the cup be passed. You will be drunk and stripped naked.
- Ezekiel 23:32Thus says Adonai Elohim: “You will drink of your sister’s cup, which is deep and wide. You will be for laughter and ridicule. It holds so much!
- Nahum 3:11You too will become drunk. You will hide yourself. You too will seek refuge from an enemy.
- Revelation 14:8Another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great— she who made all nations drink of the wine of the fury of her immorality.”
- Revelation 16:9People were scorched with fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God—the One who has power over these plagues. But they did not repent, to give Him glory.
- Revelation 18:3For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her immorality. The kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich off the power of her self-indulgence.”
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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