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Verse	Translation	Text
Jer 25:15	Strong Concordance	For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] unto me; Take [03947] the wine [03196] cup [03563] of this fury [02534] at my hand [03027], and cause all the nations [01471], to whom I send [07971] thee, to drink [08248] it.
	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
wine cup--Compare Jer 13:12-13, as to this image, to express stupefying judgments; also Jer 49:12; Jer 51:7. Jeremiah often embodies the imagery of Isaiah in his prophecies (Lam 4:21; Isa 51:17-22; Rev 16:19; Rev 18:6). The wine cup was not literally given by Jeremiah to the representatives of the different nations; but only in symbolical vision.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

wine cup--Compare Jer 13:12-13, as to this image, to express stupefying judgments; also Jer 49:12; Jer 51:7. Jeremiah often embodies the imagery of Isaiah in his prophecies (Lam 4:21; Isa 51:17-22; Rev 16:19; Rev 18:6). The wine cup was not literally given by Jeremiah to the representatives of the different nations; but only in symbolical vision.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Saith - Or, hath said. This prophecy - placed by the Septuagint after those against the nations - forms an impressive statement of the manner in which the new kingdom of Babylon was to execute Yahweh's wrath upon the nations far and near.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The cup of God's fury. - Jer 25:15. "For thus hath Jahveh, the God of Israel, said to me: Take this cup of the wine of fury at my hand, and give it to drink to all the peoples to whom I send thee, Jer 25:16. That they may drink, and reel, and be mad, because of the sword that I send amongst them. Jer 25:17. And I took the cup at the hand of Jahveh, and made all the peoples drink it to whom Jahveh had sent me: Jer 25:18. Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, and her kings, her princes, to make them a desolation and an astonishment, an hissing and a curse, as it is this day; Jer 25:19. Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; Jer 25:20. And all the mixed races and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; Jer 25:21. Edom, and Moab, and the sons of Ammon; Jer 25:22. All the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the islands beyond the sea; Jer 25:23. Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all with the corners of their hair polled; Jer 25:24. And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed races that dwell in the wilderness; Jer 25:25. All the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media; Jer 25:26. And all the kings of the north, near and far, 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. Jer 25:27. And say to them: Thus hath Jahveh, the God of Israel, said: Drink and be drunken, and spue, and fall and rise not up again, because of the sword which I send among you. Jer 25:28. And if it be that they refuse to take the cup out of thine hand to drink, then say to them: Thus hath Jahveh of hosts said: Drink ye shall. Jer 25:29. For, behold, on the city upon which my name is named I begin to bring evil, and ye think to go unpunished? Ye shall not go unpunished; for I call the sword against all inhabitants of the earth, saith Jahveh of hosts." To illustrate more fully the threatening against Judah and all peoples, Jer 25:9., the judgment the Lord is about to execute on all the world is set forth under the similitude of a flagon filled with wrath, which the prophet is to hand to all the kings and peoples, one after another, and which he does give them to drink. The symbolical action imposed upon the prophet and, acc. to Jer 25:17, performed by him, serves to give emphasis to the threatening, and is therefore introduced by כּי; of which Graf erroneously affirms that it conveys a meaning only when Jer 25:11-14 are omitted. Giving the peoples to drink of the cup of wrath is a figure not uncommon with the prophets for divine chastisements to be inflicted; cf. Jer 49:12; Jer 51:7; Isa 51:17, Isa 51:22; Eze 23:31., Hab 2:15; Psa 60:5; Psa 75:9, etc. The cup of wine which is wrath (fury). החמּה is an explanatory apposition to "wine." The wine with which the cup is filled is the wrath of God. הזּאת belongs to כּוּס, which is fem., cf. Eze 23:32, Eze 23:34; Lam 4:21, whereas אותו belongs to the wine which is wrath. In Jer 25:16, where the purpose with which the cup of wrath is to be presented is given, figure is exchanged for fact: they shall reel and become mad because of the sword which the Lord sends amidst them. To reel, sway to and fro, like drunken men. התהלל, demean oneself insanely, be mad. The sword as a weapon of war stands often for war, and the thought is: war with its horrors will stupefy the peoples, so that they perish helpless and powerless.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The cup of God's fury. - Jer 25:15. "For thus hath Jahveh, the God of Israel, said to me: Take this cup of the wine of fury at my hand, and give it to drink to all the peoples to whom I send thee, Jer 25:16. That they may drink, and reel, and be mad, because of the sword that I send amongst them. Jer 25:17. And I took the cup at the hand of Jahveh, and made all the peoples drink it to whom Jahveh had sent me: Jer 25:18. Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, and her kings, her princes, to make them a desolation and an astonishment, an hissing and a curse, as it is this day; Jer 25:19. Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; Jer 25:20. And all the mixed races and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; Jer 25:21. Edom, and Moab, and the sons of Ammon; Jer 25:22. All the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the islands beyond the sea; Jer 25:23. Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all with the corners of their hair polled; Jer 25:24. And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed races that dwell in the wilderness; Jer 25:25. All the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media; Jer 25:26. And all the kings of the north, near and far, 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. Jer 25:27. And say to them: Thus hath Jahveh, the God of Israel, said: Drink and be drunken, and spue, and fall and rise not up again, because of the sword which I send among you. Jer 25:28. And if it be that they refuse to take the cup out of thine hand to drink, then say to them: Thus hath Jahveh of hosts said: Drink ye shall. Jer 25:29. For, behold, on the city upon which my name is named I begin to bring evil, and ye think to go unpunished? Ye shall not go unpunished; for I call the sword against all inhabitants of the earth, saith Jahveh of hosts."

To illustrate more fully the threatening against Judah and all peoples, Jer 25:9., the judgment the Lord is about to execute on all the world is set forth under the similitude of a flagon filled with wrath, which the prophet is to hand to all the kings and peoples, one after another, and which he does give them to drink. The symbolical action imposed upon the prophet and, acc. to Jer 25:17, performed by him, serves to give emphasis to the threatening, and is therefore introduced by כּי; of which Graf erroneously affirms that it conveys a meaning only when Jer 25:11-14 are omitted. Giving the peoples to drink of the cup of wrath is a figure not uncommon with the prophets for divine chastisements to be inflicted; cf. Jer 49:12; Jer 51:7; Isa 51:17, Isa 51:22; Eze 23:31., Hab 2:15; Psa 60:5; Psa 75:9, etc. The cup of wine which is wrath (fury). החמּה is an explanatory apposition to "wine." The wine with which the cup is filled is the wrath of God. הזּאת belongs to כּוּס, which is fem., cf. Eze 23:32, Eze 23:34; Lam 4:21, whereas אותו belongs to the wine which is wrath. In Jer 25:16, where the purpose with which the cup of wrath is to be presented is given, figure is exchanged for fact: they shall reel and become mad because of the sword which the Lord sends amidst them. To reel, sway to and fro, like drunken men. התהלל, demean oneself insanely, be mad. The sword as a weapon of war stands often for war, and the thought is: war with its horrors will stupefy the peoples, so that they perish helpless and powerless.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The cup - God made Jeremiah to see the appearance of such a cup in a vision.

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⁶ Reward [591] her [846] even [2532] as [5613] she [846] [3778] rewarded [591] you [5213], and [2532] double [1363] unto her [846] double [1362] according to [2596] her [846] works [2041]: in [1722] the cup [4221] which [3739] she hath filled [2767] fill [2767] to her [846] double [1362].

¹⁹ And [2532] the great [3173] city [4172] was divided [1096] into [1519] three [5140] parts [3313], and [2532] the cities [4172] of the nations [1484] fell [4098]: and [2532] great [3173] Babylon [897] came in remembrance [3415] before [1799] God [2316], to give [1325] unto her [846] the cup [4221] of the wine [3631] of the fierceness [2372] of his [846] wrath [3709].

¹⁷ Awake [05782], awake [05782], stand up [06965], O Jerusalem [03389], which hast drunk [08354] at the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] the cup [03563] of his fury [02534]; thou hast drunken [08354] the dregs [06907] of the cup [03563] of trembling [08653], and wrung them out [04680].
¹⁸ There is none to guide [05095] her among all the sons [01121] whom she hath brought forth [03205]; neither is there any that taketh [02388] her by the hand [03027] of all the sons [01121] that she hath brought up [01431].
¹⁹ These two [08147] things are come [07122] unto thee; who shall be sorry [05110] for thee? desolation [07701], and destruction [07667], and the famine [07458], and the sword [02719]: by whom shall I comfort [05162] thee?
²⁰ Thy sons [01121] have fainted [05968], they lie [07901] at the head [07218] of all the streets [02351], as a wild bull [08377] in a net [04364]: they are full [04392] of the fury [02534] of the LORD [03068], the rebuke [01606] of thy God [0430].
²¹ Therefore hear [08085] now this, thou afflicted [06041], and drunken [07937], but not with wine [03196]:
²² Thus saith [0559] thy Lord [0113] the LORD [03068], and thy God [0430] that pleadeth [07378] the cause of his people [05971], Behold, I have taken out [03947] of thine hand [03027] the cup [03563] of trembling [08653], even the dregs [06907] of the cup [03563] of my fury [02534]; thou shalt no more [03254] drink it again [08354]:

²¹ Rejoice [07797] and be glad [08055], O daughter [01323] of Edom [0123], that dwellest [03427] in the land [0776] of Uz [05780]; the cup [03563] also shall pass [05674] through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken [07937], and shalt make thyself naked [06168].

⁷ Babylon [0894] hath been a golden [02091] cup [03563] in the LORD'S [03068] hand [03027], that made all the earth [0776] drunken [07937]: the nations [01471] have drunken [08354] of her wine [03196]; therefore the nations [01471] are mad [01984].

¹² For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, they whose judgment [04941] was not to drink [08354] of the cup [03563] have assuredly [08354] drunken [08354]; and art thou he that shall altogether [05352] go unpunished [05352]? thou shalt not go unpunished [05352], but thou shalt surely [08354] drink [08354] of it.

¹² Therefore thou shalt speak [0559] unto them this word [01697]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Every bottle [05035] shall be filled [04390] with wine [03196]: and they shall say [0559] unto thee, Do we not certainly [03045] know [03045] that every bottle [05035] shall be filled [04390] with wine [03196]?
¹³ Then shalt thou say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Behold, I will fill [04390] all the inhabitants [03427] of this land [0776], even the kings [04428] that sit [03427] upon David's [01732] throne [03678], and the priests [03548], and the prophets [05030], and all the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], with drunkenness [07943].

¹⁶ And they shall drink [08354], and be moved [01607], and be mad [01984], because [06440] of the sword [02719] that I will send [07971] among them.

³⁴ Thou shalt even drink [08354] it and suck it out [04680], and thou shalt break [01633] the sherds [02789] thereof, and pluck off [05423] thine own breasts [07699]: for I have spoken [01696] it, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].

³² Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Thou shalt drink [08354] of thy sister's [0269] cup [03563] deep [06013] and large [07342]: thou shalt be laughed to scorn [06712] and had in derision [03933]; it containeth [03557] much [04767].

⁹ But I will declare [05046] for ever [05769]; I will sing praises [02167] to the God [0430] of Jacob [03290].

⁵ That thy beloved [03039] may be delivered [02502]; save [03467] with thy right hand [03225], and hear [06030] me.

¹⁵ Woe [01945] unto him that giveth his neighbour [07453] drink [08248], that puttest [05596] thy bottle [02573] to him, and makest him drunken [07937] also, that thou mayest look [05027] on their nakedness [04589]!

³¹ Thou hast walked [01980] in the way [01870] of thy sister [0269]; therefore will I give [05414] her cup [03563] into thine hand [03027].

²² Thus saith [0559] thy Lord [0113] the LORD [03068], and thy God [0430] that pleadeth [07378] the cause of his people [05971], Behold, I have taken out [03947] of thine hand [03027] the cup [03563] of trembling [08653], even the dregs [06907] of the cup [03563] of my fury [02534]; thou shalt no more [03254] drink it again [08354]:

¹¹ And this whole land [0776] shall be a desolation [02723], and an astonishment [08047]; and these nations [01471] shall serve [05647] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] seventy [07657] years [08141].
¹² And it shall come to pass, when seventy [07657] years [08141] are accomplished [04390], that I will punish [06485] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and that nation [01471], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], for their iniquity [05771], and the land [0776] of the Chaldeans [03778], and will make [07760] it perpetual [05769] desolations [08077].
¹³ And I will bring [0935] upon that land [0776] all my words [01697] which I have pronounced [01696] against it, even all that is written [03789] in this book [05612], which Jeremiah [03414] hath prophesied [05012] against all the nations [01471].
¹⁴ For many [07227] nations [01471] and great [01419] kings [04428] shall serve [05647] themselves of them also: and I will recompense [07999] them according to their deeds [06467], and according to the works [04639] of their own hands [03027].

¹⁷ Then took [03947] I the cup [03563] at the LORD'S [03068] hand [03027], and made all the nations [01471] to drink [08248], unto whom the LORD [03068] had sent [07971] me:

⁹ Behold, I will send [07971] and take [03947] all the families [04940] of the north [06828], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and Nebuchadrezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], my servant [05650], and will bring [0935] them against this land [0776], and against the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and against all these nations [01471] round about [05439], and will utterly destroy [02763] them, and make [07760] them an astonishment [08047], and an hissing [08322], and perpetual [05769] desolations [02723].

²⁹ For, lo, I begin [02490] to bring evil [07489] on the city [05892] which is called [07121] by my name [08034], and should ye be utterly [05352] unpunished [05352]? Ye shall not be unpunished [05352]: for I will call [07121] for a sword [02719] upon all the inhabitants [03427] of the earth [0776], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].

²⁸ And it shall be, if they refuse [03985] to take [03947] the cup [03563] at thine hand [03027] to drink [08354], then shalt thou say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Ye shall certainly [08354] drink [08354].

²⁷ Therefore thou shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Drink [08354] ye, and be drunken [07937], and spue [07006], and fall [05307], and rise [06965] no more, because [06440] of the sword [02719] which I will send [07971] among you.

²⁶ And all the kings [04428] of the north [06828], far [07350] and near [07138], one [0376] with another [0251], and all the kingdoms [04467] of the world [0776], which are upon the face [06440] of the earth [0127]: and the king [04428] of Sheshach [08347] shall drink [08354] after [0310] them.

²⁵ And all the kings [04428] of Zimri [02174], and all the kings [04428] of Elam [05867], and all the kings [04428] of the Medes [04074],

²⁴ And all the kings [04428] of Arabia [06152], and all the kings [04428] of the mingled people [06153] that dwell [07931] in the desert [04057],

²³ Dedan [01719], and Tema [08485], and Buz [0938], and all that are in the utmost [07112] corners [06285],

²² And all the kings [04428] of Tyrus [06865], and all the kings [04428] of Zidon [06721], and the kings [04428] of the isles [0339] which are beyond [05676] the sea [03220],

²¹ Edom [0123], and Moab [04124], and the children [01121] of Ammon [05983],

²⁰ And all the mingled [06153] people, and all the kings [04428] of the land [0776] of Uz [05780], and all the kings [04428] of the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430], and Ashkelon [0831], and Azzah [05804], and Ekron [06138], and the remnant [07611] of Ashdod [0795],

¹⁹ Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and his servants [05650], and his princes [08269], and all his people [05971];

¹⁸ To wit, Jerusalem [03389], and the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and the kings [04428] thereof, and the princes [08269] thereof, to make [05414] them a desolation [02723], an astonishment [08047], an hissing [08322], and a curse [07045]; as it is this day [03117];

¹⁷ Then took [03947] I the cup [03563] at the LORD'S [03068] hand [03027], and made all the nations [01471] to drink [08248], unto whom the LORD [03068] had sent [07971] me:

¹⁶ And they shall drink [08354], and be moved [01607], and be mad [01984], because [06440] of the sword [02719] that I will send [07971] among them.

¹⁵ For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] unto me; Take [03947] the wine [03196] cup [03563] of this fury [02534] at my hand [03027], and cause all the nations [01471], to whom I send [07971] thee, to drink [08248] it.