Then took I the cup at Yahweh’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me:
Parallel translations
- 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:
- BSB 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,
- 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 1:10Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
- Jer 25:28It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “You shall surely drink.
- Jer 27:3Then send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jer 46:1–28Yahweh’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
- Ezek 43:3It was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
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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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