Jeremiah 25:17

Modern

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,

Traditional

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

Literal

And I took the cup from the hand of YHWH and made all the nations drink from it to whom YHWH had sent me:

Latin

Et accepi calicem de manu Domini, et propinavi cunctis gentibus ad quas misit me Dominus,

Hebrew

English

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,

So I...made all the nations drink from it: Jeremiah did this by announcing God's judgment.

The Lord is the supreme ruler of all nations, and their rebellion was about to bring judgment.
To whom I send you: Jeremiah did not travel to each nation in person. The message he delivered from the Lord spread mainly through written material, much of it in the book of Jeremiah, which people have read worldwide.

Theme notes and profiles

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.”
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!
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.
Jeremiah 46:1–28
This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet
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,