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Jeremiah 25:17

What does Jeremiah 25:17 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 25:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then took I the cup at Jehovah’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then took I the cup at Jehovah’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And I take the cup out of the hand of Jehovah, and cause all the nations to drink unto whom Jehovah sent me:

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And I took the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Jehovah had sent me:

Context

v.16And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

v.17This passage

v.18to wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 25:28

    And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall surely drink.

  • Jeremiah 1:10

    see, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.

  • Ezekiel 43:3

    And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

  • Jeremiah 46:1

    The word of Jehovah which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

  • Jeremiah 27:3

    and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers that come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah:

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