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Jeremiah 25:17

15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

16 And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”

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,

18 to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;

19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;

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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 the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom the LORD 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:
DARBY
And I took the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Jehovah had sent me:
BLB
And I took the cup from the hand of YHWH and made all the nations drink from it to whom YHWH had sent me:
ÅB
Og jeg tok begeret av Herrens hånd, og jeg gav alle de folk å drikke som Herren hadde sendt meg til:
OTB
Så jeg tok begeret fra Herrens hånd og ga det til alle nasjonene som han sendte meg til:
B1930
Og jeg tok begeret av Herrens hånd, og jeg gav alle de folk å drikke som Herren hadde sendt mig til:

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 1:10

    See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

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  • Jeremiah 25:28

    If 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!

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  • Jeremiah 46:1–28

    This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet

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  • Ezekiel 43:3

    The 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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  • Jeremiah 27:3

    Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

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