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Jeremiah 25:17

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.

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

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

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

19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, 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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  • Jeremiah 1:10

    See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

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  • Jeremiah 25:28

    And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.

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  • Jeremiah 46:1–28

    The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;

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  • 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.

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  • Jeremiah 27:3

    And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

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