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You will not go unpunished, but must drink it. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/49.htm">New Living Translation</a> And this is what the LORD says: “If the innocent must suffer, how much more must you! You will not go unpunished! You must drink this cup of judgment! <a href="/esv/jeremiah/49.htm">English Standard Version</a> For thus says the LORD: “If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/49.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/49.htm">King James Bible</a> For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/49.htm">New King James Version</a> For thus says the LORD: “Behold, those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk. And are you the one who will altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/49.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, those who were not sentenced to drink the cup will certainly drink it, so are you the one who will be held completely blameless? You will not be held blameless, but you will certainly drink it. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/49.htm">NASB 1995</a> For thus says the LORD, &#8220Behold, those who were not sentenced to drink the cup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who will be completely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drink it. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/49.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For thus says the LORD, “Behold, those who were not sentenced to drink the cup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who will be completely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drink it. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/49.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For thus says Yahweh, “Behold, those who are not under judgment to drink the cup will certainly drink it, but are you the one who will go completely unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but you will certainly drink it. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/49.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For thus says the LORD, “Behold, those (Israel) who were not sentenced to drink the cup [of wrath] shall certainly drink it, and are you to remain unpunished? You will not be acquitted and go unpunished, but you will certainly drink [from the cup of wrath and judgment]. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/49.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not remain unpunished, for you must drink it too. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/49.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220For this is what the LORD says: If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not remain unpunished, for you must drink it too. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/49.htm">American Standard Version</a> For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, they to whom it pertained not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/49.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Even those nations that don't deserve to be punished will have to drink from the cup of my anger. So how can you possibly hope to escape? <a href="/erv/jeremiah/49.htm">English Revised Version</a> For thus saith the LORD: Behold, they to whom it pertained not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/49.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> This is what the LORD says: If those who don't deserve to drink from the cup still drink from it, why should you go unpunished? You won't go unpunished. You must drink from it. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/49.htm">Good News Translation</a> "If even those who did not deserve to be punished had to drink from the cup of punishment, do you think that you will go unpunished? No, you must drink from the cup! <a href="/isv/jeremiah/49.htm">International Standard Version</a> For this is what the LORD says: "Look, those who don't deserve to drink the cup will surely drink it, and will you actually go unpunished? You won't go unpunished! You will certainly drink it! <a href="/msb/jeremiah/49.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For this is what the LORD says: ?If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too. <a href="/net/jeremiah/49.htm">NET Bible</a> For the LORD says, "If even those who did not deserve to drink from the cup of my wrath must drink from it, do you think you will go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but must certainly drink from the cup of my wrath. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/49.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For thus says the LORD: 'Look, they to whom it did not pertain to drink of the cup shall certainly drink; and are you he who shall altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/49.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drank; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. <a href="/web/jeremiah/49.htm">World English Bible</a> For Yahweh says: “Behold, they to whom it didn’t pertain to drink of the cup will certainly drink; and are you he who will altogether go unpunished? You won’t go unpunished, but you will surely drink. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/49.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For thus said YHWH: They whose judgment is not to drink of the cup, "" Do certainly drink, "" And you [are] he that is entirely acquitted! You are not acquitted, for you certainly drink. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/49.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For thus said Jehovah: They whose judgment is not to drink of the cup, Do certainly drink, And thou art he that is entirely acquitted! Thou art not acquitted, for thou certainly drinkest. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/49.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For thus said Jehovah: Behold, whose judgment was not to drink the cup, drinking, they will drink; and art thou he being acquitted, shalt thou be unpunished? thou shalt not be unpunished, for drinking, thou shalt drink.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/49.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For thus saith the Lord: Behold they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup, shall certainly drink: and shalt thou come off as innocent? thou shalt not come off as innocent, but drinking thou shalt drink. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/49.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For thus says the Lord: “Behold, those who judged that they would not drink the cup, will certainly drink. And so, will you be released as if you were innocent? You will not be released as if innocent. Instead, you shall certainly drink. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/49.htm">New American Bible</a> For thus says the LORD: Look, even those not sentenced to drink the cup must drink it! Shall you then go unpunished? You shall not! You shall drink every bit of it! <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/49.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For thus says the LORD: If those who do not deserve to drink the cup still have to drink it, shall you be the one to go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished; you must drink it.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/49.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For thus says the LORD: Behold, those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and though you consider yourselves blameless, you shall not go unpunished; but you shall surely drink of the cup. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/49.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> For thus says LORD JEHOVAH: “Behold, it was not right for them to drink the cup they have drunk, and you have thought that you are righteous. You are not righteous, but you shall also drink the cup<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/49.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For thus saith the LORD: Behold, they to whom it pertained not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/49.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For thus saith the Lord; They who were not appointed to drink the cup have drunk it; and thou shalt by no means be cleared: <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=14858" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/49.htm">The Judgment on Edom</a> …11Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.” 12<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: ḵōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">“If</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">those who</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·pā·ṭām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Judgment. ">deserve</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: liš·tō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">to drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/3563.htm" title="3563: hak·kō·ws (Art:: N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to hold together; a cup, often figuratively, a lot; also some unclean bird, probably an owl.">the cup</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: šā·ṯōw (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">must drink it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: yiš·tū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe."></a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">can you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5352.htm" title="5352: nā·qōh (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To be empty or clean. A primitive root; to be clean; by implication to be bare, i.e. Extirpated.">possibly remain unpunished?</a> <a href="/hebrew/5352.htm" title="5352: tin·nā·qeh (V-Nifal-Imperf-2ms) -- To be empty or clean. A primitive root; to be clean; by implication to be bare, i.e. Extirpated."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5352.htm" title="5352: ṯin·nā·qeh (V-Nifal-Imperf-2ms) -- To be empty or clean. A primitive root; to be clean; by implication to be bare, i.e. Extirpated.">go unpunished,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: šā·ṯōh (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">you must drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: tiš·teh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">it too.</a> 13For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/obadiah/1-16.htm">Obadiah 1:16</a> For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed. <a href="/jeremiah/25-29.htm">Jeremiah 25:29</a> For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’ <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17-23</a> Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger. / Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand. / These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you? ... <a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Lamentations 4:21-22</a> So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. / O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins. <a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Ezekiel 25:12-14</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt, / therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. / I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’ <a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2-4</a> “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, / but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” / Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever. <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a> Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ... <a href="/amos/1-11.htm">Amos 1:11-12</a> This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly. / So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.” <a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Psalm 75:8</a> For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs. <a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Habakkuk 2:16</a> You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory. <a href="/romans/9-13.htm">Romans 9:13</a> So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” <a href="/hebrews/12-16.htm">Hebrews 12:16-17</a> See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright. / For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears. <a href="/revelation/14-10.htm">Revelation 14:10</a> he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. <a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a> The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. <a href="/matthew/20-22.htm">Matthew 20:22-23</a> “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered. / “You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For thus said the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and are you he that shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it.they whose<a href="/jeremiah/25-28.htm">Jeremiah 25:28,29</a> 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… <a href="/jeremiah/30-11.htm">Jeremiah 30:11</a> For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.<a href="/jeremiah/46-27.htm">Jeremiah 46:27</a> But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/28-20.htm">Acquitted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-11.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-17.htm">Assuredly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-7.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-28.htm">Cup</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-19.htm">Deserve</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Drank</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-10.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Drinkest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">Drunken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Entirely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-5.htm">Forced</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-47.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-22.htm">Pertain</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-33.htm">Pertained</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-19.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-11.htm">Sentenced</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-23.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-28.htm">Unpunished</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/12-37.htm">Acquitted</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Assuredly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-13.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-7.htm">Cup</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-64.htm">Deserve</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-7.htm">Drank</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Drinkest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-7.htm">Drunken</a> <a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Entirely</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-1.htm">Forced</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-9.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Pertain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-9.htm">Pertained</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-28.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/matthew/23-33.htm">Sentenced</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-20.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Unpunished</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 49</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/49-1.htm">The judgment of the Ammonites</a> 6. <a href="/jeremiah/49-6.htm">Their restoration</a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/49-7.htm">The judgment of Edom</a> 23. <a href="/jeremiah/49-23.htm">of Damascus</a> 28. <a href="/jeremiah/49-28.htm">of Kedar</a> 30. <a href="/jeremiah/49-30.htm">of Hazor</a> 34. <a href="/jeremiah/49-34.htm">and of Elam</a> 39. <a href="/jeremiah/49-39.htm">The restoration of Elam</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/49.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/49.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For this is what the LORD says: This phrase emphasizes the authority and divine origin of the message. In the prophetic books, this introduction is a common formula indicating that the following words are not merely human opinion but a direct communication from God. It underscores the seriousness and certainty of the prophecy.If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it: The "cup" is a metaphor for God's wrath and judgment, often used in the Old Testament (e.g., <a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Psalm 75:8</a>, <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17</a>). Here, it suggests that even those who might seem less deserving of punishment are subject to God's judgment. This reflects the broader biblical theme that God's justice is impartial and that His judgments are often beyond human understanding.can you possibly remain unpunished? This rhetorical question implies the inevitability of judgment. It is directed towards Edom, a nation often in conflict with Israel, symbolizing the certainty of divine retribution. The question challenges the complacency of those who believe they can escape God's justice, reinforcing the idea that no one is exempt from accountability.You will not go unpunished, This statement is a direct declaration of impending judgment. It serves as a warning to Edom and, by extension, to all nations and individuals who oppose God's will. The certainty of punishment is a recurring theme in prophetic literature, emphasizing God's sovereignty and the moral order of the universe.for you must drink it too. The repetition of the "cup" metaphor reinforces the inevitability of experiencing God's wrath. It suggests that Edom, despite its perceived strength and security, will face the same fate as other nations. This phrase also connects to the broader biblical narrative of divine justice, where all nations are accountable to God (<a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-29</a>). The imagery of drinking the cup is later echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus speaks of His own suffering in terms of drinking a cup (<a href="/matthew/26-39.htm">Matthew 26:39</a>), highlighting the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The sovereign God of Israel, who is speaking through the prophet Jeremiah. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, tasked with delivering God's messages to the nations, including warnings of judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/e/edom.htm">Edom</a> A nation descended from Esau, often in conflict with Israel, and the primary recipient of this prophecy. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_cup.htm">The Cup</a> A metaphor for God's wrath and judgment, often used in prophetic literature to symbolize divine retribution. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a> Refers to the surrounding nations, including Edom, who are subject to God's judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_divine_justice.htm">The Certainty of Divine Justice</a> God's justice is impartial and certain. Even those who seem undeserving of punishment will face consequences if they oppose God's will. <a href="/topical/t/the_universality_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Universality of God's Judgment</a> No nation or individual is exempt from God's judgment. This serves as a warning to live righteously and align with God's purposes. <a href="/topical/t/the_symbolism_of_the_cup.htm">The Symbolism of the Cup</a> The "cup" symbolizes the inescapable nature of God's judgment. It serves as a reminder of the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> Understanding the inevitability of judgment should lead us to repentance and a deeper relationship with God, seeking His mercy and grace. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Hope in God's Sovereignty</a> While judgment is certain, God's sovereignty assures us that His plans are ultimately for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_49.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 49</a> <a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_9_align_with_mercy.htm">How does the judgment in Ezekiel 9 align with other biblical passages emphasizing mercy and forgiveness?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_daniel_9_1-2_fit_70-year_exile.htm">How do we reconcile Daniel 9:1-2's reference to Jeremiah's seventy years with the actual duration of the Babylonian exile?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_some_bad_leaders_go_unpunished.htm">Jeremiah 23:1-2: How can God condemn 'shepherds' who mislead the flock while, historically, many oppressive leaders seem to go unpunished?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_the_ammonites'_fall.htm">In Ezekiel 25:2-7, can any solid historical or archaeological evidence confirm the exact downfall of the Ammonites as predicted?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/49.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) Behold, they whose judgment . . .--The imagery is taken up from <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm" title="For thus said the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.">Jeremiah 25:15</a>. Even those of whom it might have seemed that they were exempted, by God's decree, from drinking of the cup of His wrath, had drunk. Could Esau hope for immunity? The thought is parallel to that of <a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm" title="For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?">1Peter 4:17</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/49.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - Whose judgment was not, etc.; rather, to whom it was not due, etc. Jehovah condescends to speak from a human point of view. 'So, in <a href="/isaiah/28-21.htm">Isaiah 28:21</a>, the punishment of Jerusalem is celled his "strange work." Have assuredly drunken; rather, shall surely drink. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction this is what כֹ֣ה ׀ (ḵōh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel says: אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “If הִ֠נֵּה (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! those who אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that do not אֵ֨ין (’ên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle deserve מִשְׁפָּטָ֜ם (miš·pā·ṭām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style to drink לִשְׁתּ֤וֹת (liš·tō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe the cup הַכּוֹס֙ (hak·kō·ws) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3563.htm">Strong's 3563: </a> A cup, a lot, some unclean bird, an owl must drink it, שָׁת֣וֹ (šā·ṯōw) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe can you וְאַתָּ֣ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you possibly remain unpunished? נָקֹ֖ה (nā·qōh) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5352.htm">Strong's 5352: </a> To be, clean, to be bare, extirpated You will not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no go unpunished, תִנָּקֶ֔ה (ṯin·nā·qeh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5352.htm">Strong's 5352: </a> To be, clean, to be bare, extirpated for כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction you must drink שָׁתֹ֖ה (šā·ṯōh) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe it too. תִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃ (tiš·teh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Jeremiah 49:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Jeremiah 49:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Jeremiah 49:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Jeremiah 49:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Jeremiah 49:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Jeremiah 49:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Jeremiah 49:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Jeremiah 49:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Jeremiah 49:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Jeremiah 49:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-12.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 49:12 For thus says Yahweh: Behold they (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/49-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 49:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 49:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/49-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 49:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 49:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>