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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/25.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/25.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among them.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When they drink from it, they will stagger, crazed by the warfare I will send against them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they will drink and loudly vomit and act insanely because of the sword that I am going to send among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And they shall drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will drink, stagger, and go out of their minds because of the sword I am sending among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will drink, stagger, and go out of their minds because of the sword I am sending among them.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They will vomit and act crazy, because of the war this cup of anger will bring to them." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When they drink from it, they will stagger and go insane because of the wars that I'm going to send them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When they drink from it, they will stagger and go out of their minds because of the war I am sending against them." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They'll drink, stagger, and act like madmen because of the sword I'm sending among them." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They shall drink, and reel back and forth, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they shall drink, and be moved, and enraged, because of the sword that I will send among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They will drink, and reel back and forth, and be insane, because of the sword that I will send among them.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and they have drunk, and shaken themselves and shown themselves [to be] foolish, because of the sword that I am sending among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they have drunk, and shaken themselves and shewn themselves foolish, because of the sword that I am sending among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they drank and they staggered, and they were mad from the face of the sword which I sent in the midst of them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they shall drink, and be troubled, and be mad because of the sword, which I shall send among them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they will drink, and be stirred up, and become maddened, before the face of the sword that I will send among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They shall drink, and retch, and go mad, because of the sword I will send among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They shall drink and stagger and go out of their minds because of the sword that I am sending among them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they shall drink, and be dazed and be troubled because of the sword which I am sending among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />They shall drink and they shall be confused and shall be disturbed from before the sword that I send among them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be like madmen, because of the sword that I will send among them.--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they shall drink, and vomit, and be mad, because of the sword which I send among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=7431" 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">15</span>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. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: wə·šā·ṯū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">And they will drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/1607.htm" title="1607: wə·hiṯ·gō·‘ă·šū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To shake, quake. A primitive root to agitate violently.">and stagger</a> <a href="/hebrew/1984.htm" title="1984: wə·hiṯ·hō·lā·lū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To shine.">and go out of their minds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">because of</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ha·ḥe·reḇ (Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">the sword</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.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šō·lê·aḥ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">will send</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bê·nō·ṯām (Prep:: 3mp) -- An interval, space between. ">among them.”</a> </span><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,…<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="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3</a></span><br />All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”<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="/revelation/17-2.htm">Revelation 17:2</a></span><br />The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Isaiah 29:9</a></span><br />Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm">Habakkuk 2:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-6.htm">Isaiah 63:6</a></span><br />I trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-10.htm">Revelation 14:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-7.htm">Jeremiah 51:7</a></span><br />Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-32.htm">Ezekiel 23:32-34</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much. / You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria. / You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-23.htm">Revelation 18:23</a></span><br />The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20</a></span><br />The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-24.htm">Revelation 18:24</a></span><br />And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-27.htm">Jeremiah 25:27</a></b></br> Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-7.htm">Jeremiah 51:7,39</a></b></br> Babylon <i>hath been</i> a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-15.htm">Lamentations 3:15</a></b></br> He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/107-17.htm">Crazed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-8.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-6.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-17.htm">Enraged</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Fro</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-25.htm">Mad</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-15.htm">Madmen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-12.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Reel</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-18.htm">Rolling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-10.htm">Shaken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-11.htm">Shewn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-10.htm">Side</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Stagger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-14.htm">Themselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/107-17.htm">Crazed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-4.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-27.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-15.htm">Enraged</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-32.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Fro</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-26.htm">Mad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-2.htm">Madmen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-7.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/psalms/60-3.htm">Reel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">Rolling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-3.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-21.htm">Shaken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-21.htm">Shewn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-2.htm">Side</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-13.htm">Stagger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-27.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-7.htm">Themselves</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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Drinking from this cup signifies experiencing divine punishment. This imagery is consistent with other prophetic texts, such as <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17</a> and <a href="/revelation/14-10.htm">Revelation 14:10</a>, where the cup represents God's wrath.<p><b>and stagger</b><br>The staggering represents the disorientation and confusion that result from God's judgment. This imagery is akin to the effects of drunkenness, illustrating the overwhelming nature of divine retribution. It reflects the chaos and instability that will befall the nations as a consequence of their actions.<p><b>and go out of their minds</b><br>This phrase indicates a loss of reason and sanity, a common result of severe distress and divine judgment. It suggests a complete breakdown of societal order and personal stability, as seen in other biblical accounts of judgment, such as in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:28</a>, where God warns of madness as a curse for disobedience.<p><b>because of the sword</b><br>The sword is a frequent biblical metaphor for war and destruction, often used to describe God's instrument of judgment. In this context, it signifies the impending military invasions and conflicts that will serve as the means of executing divine justice. This is consistent with the historical context of Jeremiah's time, where Babylon was the instrument of God's judgment against the nations.<p><b>that I will send among them.”</b><br>This phrase emphasizes God's sovereignty and active role in orchestrating the events of judgment. It underscores the prophetic theme that God uses nations and historical events to fulfill His purposes. This aligns with the broader biblical narrative where God directs the course of history, as seen in <a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Daniel 4:35</a> and <a href="/acts/17-26.htm">Acts 17:26</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah and the surrounding nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a></b><br>Various nations surrounding Judah, including Egypt, Philistia, Moab, Ammon, and Babylon, which were also subject to God's judgment.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sword.htm">The Sword</a></b><br>A metaphor for war and destruction, symbolizing God's judgment upon the nations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_cup_of_wrath.htm">The Cup of Wrath</a></b><br>A symbolic representation of God's judgment, which the nations are made to drink, leading to their downfall and confusion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Reality of Divine Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is real and inevitable for those who persist in disobedience and idolatry. This serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of turning away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a></b><br>God is sovereign over all nations and uses them as instruments of His judgment. This underscores the truth that no nation or individual is beyond God's reach or authority.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The imagery of the cup of wrath serves as a call to repentance. It is a warning to turn back to God before judgment comes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's commands is crucial. The people of Judah and the surrounding nations faced judgment because they failed to obey God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_mercy.htm">Hope in God's Mercy</a></b><br>While the passage speaks of judgment, it also points to the hope of restoration for those who repent and seek God's mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/any_historical_signs_of_jeremiah's_'wrath'.htm">In Jeremiah 25:15-17, the metaphor of the 'cup of wrath' implies widespread judgment--are there any historical or archaeological signs of such universal calamity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_view_re-enslavement_vs._slavery.htm">Jeremiah 34:11-17 - How does God's condemnation of re-enslavement align with other passages where slavery was permitted (e.g., Leviticus 25)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_say_zedekiah_won't_die_by_sword.htm">Jeremiah 34:3 - How could God promise Zedekiah would not die by the sword if 2 Kings 25:7 says Nebuchadnezzar blinded him and took him captive?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_mass_death_in_jeremiah_16_4.htm">In Jeremiah 16:4, the prophecy describes mass death without mourning--what historical or archaeological evidence supports such a widespread calamity in that era?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">They shall drink . . .</span>--The words describe what history has often witnessed, the panic-terror of lesser nations before the onward march of a great conqueror--they are as if stricken with a drunken madness, and their despair or their resistance is equally infatuated. The imagery is one familiar in earlier prophets. (<a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm" title="Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.">Isaiah 51:17</a>; <a href="/isaiah/51-22.htm" title="Thus said your Lord the LORD, and your God that pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; you shall no more drink it again:">Isaiah 51:22</a>; <a href="/habakkuk/2-16.htm" title="You are filled with shame for glory: drink you also, and let your foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned to you, and shameful spewing shall be on your glory.">Habakkuk 2:16</a>; <a href="/psalms/60-5.htm" title="That your beloved may be delivered; save with your right hand, and hear me.">Psalm 60:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/75-8.htm" title="For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he pours out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.">Psalm 75:8</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/23-31.htm" title="You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore will I give her cup into your hand.">Ezekiel 23:31</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And be moved, and be mad</span>; rather, <span class="accented">and reel to and fro</span>, <span class="accented">and behave themselves madly</span>. The inspired writers do not scruple to ascribe all phenomena, the "bad" as well as the "good," to a Divine operation. "Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?" (<a href="/amos/3-6.htm">Amos 3:6</a>). "An evil spirit from Elohim came upon Saul, and he became frenzied" (<a href="/1_samuel/18-10.htm">1 Samuel 18:10</a>; see also <a href="/isaiah/19-14.htm">Isaiah 19:14</a>; <a href="/isaiah/29-10.htm">Isaiah 29:10</a>; <a href="/1_kings/22-19.htm">1 Kings 22:19-23</a>, and especially the very remarkable prologue of the Book of Job). To understand this form of expression, we must remember the strength of the reaction experienced by the prophets against the polytheism of the surrounding nations. It was not open to them to account for the existence of evil by ascribing it to the activity of various divinities; they knew Jehovah to be the sole cause in the universe. To us, "sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought," such a doctrine occasions "great searchings of heart," and is sometimes a sore trial of our faith. But the prophets were not logicians, and their faith, compared to ours, was as an oak tree to a sapling; hence they can generally (see, however, <a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm">Isaiah 63:17</a>) express the truth of the universal causation of Jehovah with perfect tranquility. <span class="cmt_word">Because of the sword</span>. Here Jeremiah deserts the figure of the Cup, and, as most commentators think, uses the language of fact. It is not, however, certain that "the sword" means that of God's human instruments; Jehovah himself has a sword (<a href="/jeremiah/46-10.htm">Jeremiah 46:10</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/47-6.htm">Jeremiah 47:6</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/50-35.htm">Jeremiah 50:35-38</a>; <a href="/isaiah/27-1.htm">Isaiah 27:1</a>; <a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5</a>; and elsewhere), just as he has a hand (<a href="/isaiah/8-11.htm">Isaiah 8:11</a>; <a href="/isaiah/59-1.htm">Isaiah 59:1</a>) and an arm (<a href="/isaiah/40-10.htm">Isaiah 40:10</a>; <a href="/isaiah/53-1.htm">Isaiah 53:1</a>). All these belong to a group of childlike symbolic expressions for the manifestation of the Deity. Jehovah's "sword" is described more fully in <a href="/genesis/3-24.htm">Genesis 3:24</a>; it "turns hither and thither," like the lightning - a striking figure of the completeness with which God performs his work of vengeance (see also on ver. 27). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/25-16.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">And they will drink</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁת֕וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·ṯū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> </span><span class="str2">To imbibe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and stagger</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִֽתְגֹּֽעֲשׁ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiṯ·gō·‘ă·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1607.htm">Strong's 1607: </a> </span><span class="str2">To agitate violently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and go out of their minds,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִתְהֹלָ֑לוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiṯ·hō·lā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1984.htm">Strong's 1984: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because of</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sword</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֶ֔רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֛ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אָנֹכִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nō·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will send</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁלֵ֖חַ</span> <span class="translit">(šō·lê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among them.”</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּינֹתָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bê·nō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Jeremiah 25:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Jeremiah 25:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Jeremiah 25:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Jeremiah 25:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Jeremiah 25:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Jeremiah 25:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Jeremiah 25:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Jeremiah 25:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Jeremiah 25:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Jeremiah 25:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/25-16.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 25:16 They shall drink and reel back (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 25:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 25:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/25-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 25:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 25:17" /></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>