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Read›Jeremiah›Chapter 25

The Cup of God’s Wrath

Jeremiah 25:17

In 11 translations

BSB
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,
KJV
Then took I the cup at the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
WEB
Then I took the cup at Yahweh’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me:
ASV
Then took I the cup at Jehovah’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:
LSV
And I take the cup out of the hand of YHWH, and cause all the nations to drink to whom YHWH sent me:
YLT
'And I take the cup out of the hand of Jehovah, and cause all the nations to drink unto whom Jehovah sent me:
DBY
And I took the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Jehovah had sent me:
DRC
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:
GNV
Then tooke I the cup at the Lordes hand, and made all people to drinke, vnto whome the Lord had sent me:
JPS
Then took I the cup of the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
LXXE
And I will put them in fear before their enemies that seek their life; and I will bring evils upon them according to my great anger; and I will send forth my sword after them, until I have utterly destroyed them.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וָאֶקַּ֥ח אֶת־הַכּ֖וֹס מִיַּ֣ד יְהוָ֑ה וָֽאַשְׁקֶה֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־שְׁלָחַ֥נִי יְהוָ֖ה אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ πτοήσω αὐτοὺς ἐναντίον τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν, τῶν ζητούντων τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπάξω ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς κατὰ τὴν ὀργὴν τοῦ θυμοῦ μου, καὶ ἐπαποστελῶ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν τὴν μάχαιράν μου, ἕως τοῦ ἐξαναλῶσαι αὐτούς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 1:10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
  • Jeremiah 25:28If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it!
  • Jeremiah 27:3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
  • Jeremiah 46:1–28This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by…
  • Ezekiel 43:3The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,

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