Jeremiah 25:15

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַ֨ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֤י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
Take	קַ֠ח kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
wine	הַיַּ֧יִן hai.Ya.yin	H3196	wine (as fermented) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
cup	כּ֨וֹס Kos	H3563	a cup (as a container) · noun, common feminine singular construct
fury	הַחֵמָ֛ה ha.che.Mah	H2534	heat · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
hand	מִיָּדִ֑י mi.ya.Di	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix
nations	הַגּוֹיִ֔ם ha.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
send	שֹׁלֵ֥חַ sho.Le.ach	H7971	to send away · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
drink	וְהִשְׁקִיתָ֤ה ve.hish.ki.Tah	H8248	to quaff · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereo…
Isaiah 51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of…
Job 21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be t…
Isaiah 51:22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling…
Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nati…
Psalms 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Jeremiah 13:12-14 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall sa…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:15-29

Under the similitude of a cup going round, which all the company must drink of, is here represented the universal desolation that was now coming upon that part of the world which Nebuchadrezzar, who just now began to reign and act, was to be the instrument of, and which should at length recoil upon his own country. The cup in the vision is to be a sword in the accomplishment of it: so it is explained, Jer 25:16. It is the sword that I will send among them, the sword of war, that should be irresistibly strong and implacably cruel. I. As to the circumstances of this judgment, observe, 1. Whence this destroying sword should come - from the hand of God. It is the sword of the Lord (Jer 47:6), ba…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 25:15

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.

John Gill on Jeremiah 25:15

For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me,.... The prophet: take the wine cup of this fury at my hand; in a vision the Lord appeared to Jeremiah with a cup of wine in his hand, which he bid him take of him. It is usual in Scripture for the judgments of God on men to be signified by a cup of hot and intoxicating liquor, Isaiah 51:17; particularly in Psalm 75:8; to which reference may be had; as John seems to refer to the passage here in Revelation 14:10; called a cup, because they are in measure, and but small in comparison of what will be inflicted in the world to come; and a cup of "fury", because they proceed from the wrath of God, stirred up by the sins of men. Jarchi interprets this…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 25:15

Jeremiah 25:15 15. 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. 15. Quia sic dixit Jehova Deus Israel ad me, Sume calicem vini furoris (vel, iracundiae) Sume calicem vini furoris (vel, iracundiae) hujus e manu mea, et propina illum cunctis gentibus, ad quas ego mittam to ad eas (sed hoc secundum redundat.) Jeremiah now explains more at large what might on account of its brevity have appeared obscure. He had spoken of all nations, but his discourse was abrupt; for he had not yet openly told us that he had been sent by God as a herald to summon all kings and nations before his tribunal,…

The Church Fathers

He gives the name drinking cup to punishment, as also in another psalm, "In the hand of the Lord there is a cup of wine, full of a strong mixture," and a little later, "all the sinners of the earth will drink it." This drinking cup blessed Jeremiah was ordered to offer to the nations.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 11:4

And he calls God's punishment the "cup of unmixed wine." … By "drinking" and "vomiting" Jeremiah implies they have had enough, and in their "raving," he alludes to the terrible nature of their punishment. Then the prophet further relates how Jerusalem and the cities that paid tribute to it, along with their kings and rulers, were made to drink this cup.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, ON JEREMIAH 6:25

In the same way in which physicians apply remedies to the sick, in order that by careful treatment they may recover their health, God so deals toward those who have lapsed and fallen into sin, is proved by this, that the cup of God's fury is ordered, through the agency of the prophet Jeremiah, to be offered to all nations, that they may drink it, and be in a state of madness and vomit it forth. In doing which, God threatens them, saying that if anyone refuses to drink, he shall not be cleansed. By this certainly it is understood that the fury of God's vengeance is profitable for the purgation of souls.
— Origen of Alexandria, ON FIRST PRINCIPLES 2:10.6

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Dictionary and topics

Captivity — (1.) Of Israel. The kingdom of the ten tribes was successively invaded by several Assyrian kings. Pul (q.v.) imposed a tribute on Menahem of a thousand talents of silver (2 Kings 15:19, 20; 1 Chr.…
Cup — A wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. All Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold (1 Kings 10: 21). The cups mentioned in the New Testament…
Jeremiah, Book of — Consists of twenty-three separate and independent sections, arranged in five books. I. The introduction, ch. 1. II. Reproofs of the sins of the Jews, consisting of seven sections, (1.) ch. 2; (2.)…
Ammonites · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Ammonites, The · Predictions respecting: Subjection to Babylon — Predictions respecting: Subjection to Babylon
Cup · .Of — .Of
Drunkenness · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE
Edomites, The · Predictions respecting: To share in the punishment of the nations — Predictions respecting: To share in the punishment of the nations
Nation · Chastised — Chastised
Sidon · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning
Wine · Illustrative: Of the wrath and judgments of God — Illustrative: Of the wrath and judgments of God

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Jeremiah 25:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:15-29

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 25:15

John Gill on Jeremiah 25:15

John Calvin on Jeremiah 25:15

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 25:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:15-29

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 25:15

John Gill on Jeremiah 25:15

John Calvin on Jeremiah 25:15

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 25:15-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 25:15-38

Rashi on Jeremiah 25:15