King James Version
Jeremiah 25:17 in the King James Version says “Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:”
Jeremiah 25:17 · KJV
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
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;
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“I the cup”
H3563a cup (as a container), often figuratively, some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
“hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“at the LORD'S”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and made all the nations”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“at the LORD'S”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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