Jeremiah 25:16

And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four corners of heaven, and I will disperse them toward all these winds; and there shall be no nation to which they shall not come— even the outcasts of Elam.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

In Context

15Thus saith the Lord, The bow of Elam is broken, even the chief of their power.

17And I will put them in fear before their enemies that seek their life; and I will bring evils upon them according to my great anger; and I will send forth my sword after them, until I have utterly destroyed them.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 13:12And thou shalt say to this people, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and it shall come to pass, if they shall say to thee, Shall we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? that thou shalt say to them,

Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, 1 That dwellest in the land: 1 Yet the cup of the Lord shall pass through to thee: 1 Thou shalt be drunken, and pour forth. 1

Nahum 3:11And thou shalt be drunken, and shalt be overlooked; and thou shalt seek for thyself strength because of thine enemies.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:16-30

The Cup of Wrath; General Desolation. ( b. c. 607.) 15 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then took I the cup at the Lord 's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me: 18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to… Read the whole commentary →

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