Jeremiah 25:17

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.

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:

English Revised 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:

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:

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

¹⁵This is a Message that the God of Israel gave me: "Take this cup filled with the wine of my wrath that I'm handing to you. Make all the nations where I send you drink it down. They'll drink it and get drunk, staggering in delirium because of the killing that I'm going to unleash among them." ¹⁷I 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. ²⁷ "Tell them, ‘These are orders from God -of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel: Drink and get drunk and vomit. Fall on your faces and don't get up again. You're slated for a massacre.' ²⁸ "If any of them refuse to take the cup from you and drink it, say to them, ‘ God -of-the-Angel-Armies has ordered you to drink. So drink! ²⁹ "‘Prepare for the worst! I'm starting off the catastrophe in the city that I claim as my own, so don't think you are going to get out of it. No, you're not getting out of anything. It's the sword and nothing but the sword against everyone everywhere!'" The God -of-the-Angel-Armies' Decree.

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 25:7
Abraham lived 175 years. Then he took his final breath. He died happy at a ripe old age, full of years, and was buried with his family. His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, next to Mamre. It was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried next to his wife Sarah. After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived at Beer Lahai Roi.

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.