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Jeremiah 25:17 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 25 · verse 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:Jeremiah 25:17 · King James Version
Jeremiah 25:17 in context
15For 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.
16And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
17Then took I the cup at the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
18To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
19Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- nationsgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- LORD'SYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- drinkshâqâhto quaffH8248 →
- tooklâqachto takeH3947 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
- cupkôwça cup , often figuratively, a lotH3563 →
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Under the similitude of a cup going round, which all the company must drink of, is here represented the universal desolation that was now coming upon that part of the world which Nebuchadrezzar, who just now began to reign and act, was to be the instrument of, and which should at length recoil upon his own country.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-29