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From that day until this, they have been a desolate ruin, an object of horror, contempt, and cursing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>To wit</i>, 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 <i>it is</i> this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as <i>it is</i> this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><i>To</i> Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, and its kings <i>and</i> its officials, to make them places of ruins, objects of horror, hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and its kings and its princes, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing and a curse, as it is this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, and its kings <i>and</i> its princes, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and its kings <i>and</i> its princes, to make them a waste place, an object of horror, an object of hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Jerusalem and the cities of Judah [being most guilty because their privileges were greatest], its kings and princes, to make them a horror, a ruin, a hissing and a curse, as it is to this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah, its kings and its officials, to make them a desolate ruin, an example for scorn and cursing—as it is today;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These included: Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah, its kings and its officials, to make them a desolate ruin, an object of scorn and cursing—as it is today; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />to wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I started with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, and the king and his officials were removed from power in disgrace. Everyone still makes insulting jokes about them and uses their names as curse words. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Jerusalem and the cities of Judah as well as its kings and officials. When they drank from it, they became wastelands and ruins, something ridiculed and cursed, until today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jerusalem and all the towns of Judah, together with its kings and leaders, were made to drink from it, so that they would become a desert, a terrible and shocking sight, and so that people would use their name as a curse--as they still do. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Jerusalem, the cities of Judah, its kings and officials to make them into a ruin, an object of horror and scorn, and a curse, as it is this day; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I made Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its officials drink it. I did it so Judah would become a ruin. I did it so Judah, its kings, and its officials would become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, an example used in curses. Such is already becoming the case!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its officials, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and her kings, and her princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, with its kings and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is today; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, "" And its kings, its heads, "" To give them to ruin, to astonishment, "" To hissing, and to reviling, as [at] this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, And its kings, its heads, To give them to waste, to astonishment, To hissing, and to reviling, as at this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and her kings, her chiefs, to give them for a waste and for a desolation, and for a hissing and for a cursing; as this day.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof: to make them a desolation, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a curse, as it is at this day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its leaders, so that I gave them over to desolation, and stupor, and hissing, and a curse, just as it is this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />to Jerusalem, the cities of Judah, its kings and princes, to make them a ruin and a waste, an object of hissing and cursing, as they are today;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, an object of hissing and of cursing, as they are today;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Even to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, as it is this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />To Jerusalem, also to the villages of Judea and to its Kings and to its Princes, to make them a wilderness and for an astonishment and for hissing until today<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them an appalment, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, and the kings of Juda, and his princes, to make them a desert place, a desolation, and a hissing;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=7447" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/25.htm">The Cup of God's Wrath</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>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, <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: lā·ṯêṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">to make</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2723.htm" title="2723: lə·ḥā·rə·bāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Waste, desolation, ruin. Feminine of choreb; properly, drought, i.e. a desolation.">a ruin,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8047.htm" title="8047: lə·šam·māh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Waste, horror. From shamem; ruin; by implication, consternation.">an object of horror</a> <a href="/hebrew/8322.htm" title="8322: liš·rê·qāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- (object of derisive) hissing. From sharaq; a derision.">and contempt</a> <a href="/hebrew/7045.htm" title="7045: wə·liq·lā·lāh (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-fs) -- A curse. From qalal; vilification.">and cursing,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">as they are to this</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: kay·yō·wm (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day—</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rê (N-fpc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">and the cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: mə·lā·ḵe·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- King. From malak; a king.">its kings</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8269.htm" title="8269: śā·re·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince. From sarar; a head person.">and officials;</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-16.htm">2 Chronicles 36:16-17</a></span><br />But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. / So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-11.htm">Daniel 9:11-12</a></span><br />All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You. / You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8-9</a></span><br />Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away. / Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-31.htm">Ezekiel 22:31</a></span><br />So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-4.htm">Zephaniah 1:4-6</a></span><br />“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests— / those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom, / and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-9.htm">2 Kings 25:9-10</a></span><br />He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building. / And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26-27</a></span><br />But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-4.htm">Amos 2:4-5</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked. / So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Luke 21:20-24</a></span><br />But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6-8</a></span><br />Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup. / As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-1.htm">Isaiah 29:1-4</a></span><br />Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur. / And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me. / I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34</a></span><br />I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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;</p><p class="hdg">Jerusalem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Jeremiah 1:10</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/19-3.htm">Jeremiah 19:3-9</a></b></br> And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/21-6.htm">Jeremiah 21:6-10</a></b></br> And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence… </p><p class="hdg">to make.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Jeremiah 25:9,11</a></b></br> Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Jeremiah 24:9</a></b></br> And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for <i>their</i> hurt, <i>to be</i> a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/6-18.htm">Joshua 6:18</a></b></br> And ye, in any wise keep <i>yourselves</i> from the accursed thing, lest ye make <i>yourselves</i> accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.</p><p class="hdg">as it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/44-22.htm">Jeremiah 44:22</a></b></br> So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, <i>and</i> because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-24.htm">1 Kings 8:24</a></b></br> Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled <i>it</i> with thine hand, as <i>it is</i> this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-7.htm">Ezra 9:7</a></b></br> Since the days of our fathers <i>have</i> we <i>been</i> in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, <i>and</i> our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as <i>it is</i> this day.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/8-21.htm">Appalment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Astonishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-6.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Hissing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Horror</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-2.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-3.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-14.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Object</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-8.htm">Officials</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-8.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Reviling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm">Surprise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-6.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/esther/2-12.htm">Wit</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Appalment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Astonishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-31.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-2.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-19.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-19.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Hissing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Horror</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-18.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-1.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-20.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Object</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-19.htm">Officials</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-19.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Reviling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-17.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Surprise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-15.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-21.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-24.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-9.htm">Wit</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-1.htm">Jeremiah, reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-8.htm">foretells the seventy years' captivity;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">and after that, the destruction of Babylon.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Under the type of a cup of wine he foreshows the destruction of all nations.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">The howling of the shepherds.</a></span><br></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'; 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In the context of Jeremiah, this word underscores the severe judgment that God is pronouncing upon Jerusalem and Judah due to their persistent disobedience and idolatry. Historically, this prophecy was fulfilled when the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem in 586 B.C. Theologically, it serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of turning away from God’s commandments.<p><b>an object of horror and contempt</b><br />The phrase "object of horror" comes from the Hebrew "šammâ," which conveys a sense of astonishment and desolation. "Contempt" is translated from "šĕrûqâ," indicating scorn or derision. Together, these terms paint a picture of the profound disgrace and shame that would befall Jerusalem and Judah. This reflects the broader biblical theme of the consequences of sin, where the once-glorious city becomes a cautionary tale for other nations.<p><b>and a curse</b><br />The Hebrew word "qĕlālâ" for "curse" implies a divine imprecation or judgment. In the biblical context, a curse is often the result of breaking a covenant with God. This phrase highlights the seriousness of the covenantal relationship between God and His people, where blessings are contingent upon obedience, and curses follow disobedience. It serves as a warning to all believers about the importance of faithfulness to God’s word.<p><b>as they are this day</b><br />This phrase emphasizes the immediacy and reality of the prophecy's fulfillment. It indicates that the judgment was not just a future possibility but a present reality for the people of Judah. Historically, this reflects the period of Jeremiah’s ministry when the Babylonian threat was imminent. Spiritually, it serves as a call to repentance, urging the people to recognize their current state and turn back to God.<p><b>Jerusalem and the cities of Judah</b><br />Jerusalem, the capital city, and the surrounding cities of Judah represent the heart of the Israelite nation. They were the center of religious, political, and cultural life. The mention of these specific locations underscores the totality of the judgment, affecting not just the capital but the entire region. This highlights the pervasive nature of sin and its impact on all aspects of life.<p><b>its kings and officials</b><br />The inclusion of "kings and officials" points to the leadership of Judah, who were responsible for guiding the nation in righteousness. Their failure to lead according to God’s laws contributed significantly to the nation’s downfall. This serves as a reminder of the critical role of godly leadership and the far-reaching consequences when leaders fail to uphold divine standards.<p><b>to make them a ruin and an object of horror and contempt, and a curse</b><br />The repetition of this phrase reinforces the certainty and severity of the judgment. It serves as a literary device to emphasize the gravity of the situation and the inescapable nature of God’s decrees. This repetition also reflects the prophetic tradition of using strong, vivid imagery to convey divine messages, ensuring that the audience fully grasps the seriousness of their spiritual condition.<p><b>as it is this day</b><br />This closing phrase reiterates the current fulfillment of the prophecy, serving as a stark reminder of the reality of God’s judgment. It calls the audience to reflect on their present circumstances and recognize the fulfillment of God’s word. For contemporary readers, it serves as an encouragement to remain vigilant in faith and obedience, understanding that God’s promises and warnings are both sure and timely.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">As it is this day.</span>--The words are not in the LXX., and may probably have been added after the prediction had received its fulfilment in the final capture of Jerusalem and the desolation of the country. Here, as before in <a href="/jeremiah/25-13.htm" title="And I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.">Jeremiah 25:13</a>, we trace the hand of a transcriber. It will be noted that the prophet begins with the judgment about to fall on his own people, and then passes on from "the house of God" (<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>) to those that are without.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The kings thereof</span> (see on Jeremiah 19:3). <span class="cmt_word">As it is this day</span>. As to the meaning of this phrase, see on Jeremiah 11:5. The words evidently presuppose that the prediction has already been fulfilled (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/44-6.htm">Jeremiah 44:6, 23</a>); consequently, they cannot have stood here in the original draft of the prophecy. An early editor, or even Jeremiah himself, must have inserted them. They are omitted in the Septuagint. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">to make</span><br /><span class="heb">לָתֵ֨ת</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ṯêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתָ֜ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a ruin,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְחָרְבָּ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḥā·rə·bāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2723.htm">Strong's 2723: </a> </span><span class="str2">Waste, desolation, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an object of horror</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשַׁמָּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šam·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8047.htm">Strong's 8047: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruin, consternation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and contempt</span><br /><span class="heb">לִשְׁרֵקָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(liš·rê·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8322.htm">Strong's 8322: </a> </span><span class="str2">(object of derisive) hissing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and cursing,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלִקְלָלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·liq·lā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7045.htm">Strong's 7045: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vilification</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as they are this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day—</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּיּ֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(kay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jerusalem</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the cities</span><br /><span class="heb">עָרֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Judah,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its kings</span><br /><span class="heb">מְלָכֶ֖יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·lā·ḵe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and officials;</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂרֶ֑יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(śā·re·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8269.htm">Strong's 8269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Jeremiah 25:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Jeremiah 25:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Jeremiah 25:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Jeremiah 25:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Jeremiah 25:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Jeremiah 25:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Jeremiah 25:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Jeremiah 25:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Jeremiah 25:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Jeremiah 25:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 25:18 To wit Jerusalem and the cities (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/25-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 25:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 25:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/25-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 25:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 25:19" /></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>