Jeremiah 25:17

So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,

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In The King James Version

Then took I the cup at the LORD’S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:

In Context

16And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”

18to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;

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Cross References

Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

Jeremiah 27:3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

Ezekiel 29:2“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

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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