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,
Parallel translations
- WEB Then took I the cup at Yahweh’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me:
- KJV Then took I the cup at the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
- NKJV Then I took the cup from the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the Lord had sent me:
- NASB So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and gave it to all the nations to whom the Lord sent me, to drink from it:
- NLT So I took the cup of anger from the Lord and made all the nations drink from it—every nation to which the Lord sent me.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah takes the cup from God's hand and makes all the appointed nations drink it. The prophet faithfully carries out the symbolic act of judgment.
Overview
Obediently, Jeremiah administers the cup of wrath to every nation God names. His compliance pictures the certainty that God's decreed judgments will be carried out. The prophet's role as God's appointed agent underscores that the word he speaks truly comes with divine authority.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Jer 1:10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
- Jer 25:28If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it!
- Jer 27:3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jer 46:1–28This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet
- Ezek 43:3The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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