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Jeremiah 25:26 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 25 · verse 26
And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.Jeremiah 25:26 · King James Version
Jeremiah 25:26 in context
24And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
25And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
26And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
27Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
28And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- kingdomsmamlâkâhdominionH4467 →
- SheshachShêshakSheshak, a symbolic name of BabylonH8347 →
- kingsmeleka kingH4428 →
- northtsâphôwnproperly, hiddenH6828 →
- worldʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- earthʼădâmâhsoilH127 →
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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