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English Revised Version

Jeremiah 25:17

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ammonites;   Anger;   Cup;   Government;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Nation;   Philistines;   Sidon;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nebuchadnezzar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ammonites, the;   Edomites, the;   Wine;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Moabites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ashdod;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Eternal Punishment;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Lamentations;   Moab;   Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ashdod ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jeremi'ah, Book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cup;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink from it.
Hebrew Names Version
Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:
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:
English Standard Version
So I took the cup from the Lord 's hand, and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it:
New American Standard Bible
So I took the cup from the LORD'S hand and gave it to all the nations to whom the LORD sent me, to drink from it:
New Century Version
So I took the cup from the Lord 's hand and went to those nations and made them drink from it.
Amplified Bible
Then I (Jeremiah) took the cup from the LORD'S hand and made all the nations to whom the LORD had sent me drink it:
World English Bible
Then took I the cup at Yahweh's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then tooke I the cup at the Lordes hand, and made all people to drinke, vnto whome the Lorde had sent me:
Legacy Standard Bible
Then I took the cup from the hand of Yahweh and made all the nations to whom Yahweh sent me drink it:
Berean Standard Bible
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,
Contemporary English Version
I took the cup from the Lord 's hand, and I went to the kings of the nations and made each of them drink some.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then I took the cup from Adonai 's hand and made all the nations drink, where Adonai had sent me —
Darby Translation
And I took the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Jehovah had sent me:
Easy-to-Read Version
So I took the cup of wine from the Lord 's hand. I went to those nations and I made them drink from the cup.
George Lamsa Translation
Then I took the cup from the LORDS hand, and made all the nations to whom the LORD had sent me drink it:
Good News Translation
So I took the cup from the Lord 's hand, gave it to all the nations to whom the Lord had sent me, and made them drink from it.
Lexham English Bible
So I took the cup from the hand of Yahweh and I gave it to all the nations to whom Yahweh sent me to drink:
Literal Translation
Then I took the cup from Jehovah's hand and made all the nations drink, those to whom Jehovah had sent me:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then toke I the cuppe from the LORDES honde, & made all the people drynke there of, vnto whom the LORDE had sent me.
American Standard Version
Then took I the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:
Bible in Basic English
Then I took the cup from the Lord's hand, and gave a drink from it to all the nations to whom the Lord sent me;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then took I the cup of the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
King James Version (1611)
Then tooke I the cuppe at the Lords hand, and made all the nations to drinke, vnto whom the Lord had sent me:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then toke I the cuppe from the Lordes hande, and made all people to drinke thereof vnto whom the Lorde had sent me:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y took the cuppe fro the hond of the Lord, and Y birlide to alle folkis, to whiche the Lord sente me;
Update Bible Version
Then I took the cup at Yahweh's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me:
Webster's Bible Translation
Then I took the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:
New English Translation
So I took the cup from the Lord 's hand. I made all the nations to whom he sent me drink the wine of his wrath.
New King James Version
Then I took the cup from the LORD's hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:
New Living Translation
So I took the cup of anger from the Lord and made all the nations drink from it—every nation to which the Lord sent me.
New Life Bible
So I took the cup from the Lord's hand, and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it.
New Revised Standard
So I took the cup from the Lord 's hand, and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So I took the cup out of the hand of Yahweh, - and caused all the nations unto whom Yahweh had sent me to drink:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I took the cup at the hand of the Lord, and I presented it to all the nations to drink of it, to which the Lord sent me:
Revised Standard Version
So I took the cup from the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it:
Young's Literal Translation
`And I take the cup out of the hand of Jehovah, and cause all the nations to drink unto whom Jehovah sent me:
THE MESSAGE
I took the cup from God 's hand and made them drink it, all the nations to which he sent me: Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, along with their kings and leaders, turning them into a vast wasteland, a horror to look at, a cussword—which, in fact, they now are; Pharaoh king of Egypt with his attendants and leaders, plus all his people and the melting pot of foreigners collected there; All the kings of Uz; All the kings of the Philistines from Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what's left of Ashdod; Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites; All the kings of Tyre, Sidon, and the coastlands across the sea; Dedan, Tema, Buz, and the nomads on the fringe of the desert; All the kings of Arabia and the various Bedouin sheiks and chieftains wandering about in the desert; All the kings of Zimri, Elam, and the Medes; All the kings from the north countries near and far, one by one; All the kingdoms on planet Earth... And the king of Sheshak (that is, Babylon) will be the last to drink.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand and made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it:

Contextual Overview

15 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto me: Take the cup of the wine 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 reel to and fro, 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 make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; 20 and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; 21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon; 22 and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea; 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair polled; 24 and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the wilderness;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and made: Jeremiah 25:28, Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 27:3, Jeremiah 46:1 - Jeremiah 51:64, Ezekiel 43:3

Reciprocal: Psalms 75:8 - For in Isaiah 51:23 - I will Isaiah 63:6 - make Jeremiah 22:20 - for Jeremiah 25:9 - against Jeremiah 48:2 - thou shalt Lamentations 1:21 - thou wilt Ezekiel 3:2 - General Obadiah 1:1 - concerning Habakkuk 2:5 - gathereth Zechariah 12:2 - a cup

Cross-References

Genesis 15:15
But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Genesis 25:7
And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Genesis 25:8
And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand,.... In a visionary way, and did as he commanded, and prophesied as he directed him. The prophet was obedient to the heavenly vision, as became him:

and made all the nations to drink, unto whom, the Lord had sent me; not that he travelled through each of the nations with a cup in his hand, as an emblem of what wrath would come upon them, and they should drink deep of; but this was done in vision, and also in prophecy; the prophet publishing the will of God, denouncing his judgments upon the nations, and declaring to them what would befall them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then took I the cup - Not actually offering the wine-cup - Holy Scripture has suffered much from this materialistic way of explaining it: but publicly proclaiming this prophecy in Jerusalem, as the central spot of God’s dealings with men, and leaving it to find its way to the neighboring states.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 25:17. Then took I the cup - and made all the nations to drink — This cup of God's wrath is merely symbolical, and simply means that the prophet should declare to all these people that they shall fall under the Chaldean yoke, and that this is a punishment inflicted on them by God for their iniquities. "Then I took the cup;" I declared publicly the tribulation that God was about to bring on Jerusalem, the cities of Judah, and all the nations.


 
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