Jeremiah 25

Jeremiah 25:9

Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant.

Behold, I will bring against thee the Chaldeans and those other their northern associates, with Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, whom I shall employ for my executioner in this service.

Jeremiah 25:10

And the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.

I will take from you all mirth and gladness; yea, all commodities for the use and convenience of living; so as your life shall be doleful and miserable.

Jeremiah 25:14

For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also.

VOL. III. G G For those proud and imperious Chaldees, which held my people in servitude for seventy years, will I give to be a prey to other great kings and nations, and they shall share their dominions amongst them.

Jeremiah 25:15

Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I have sent thee, to drink it. See Isa. li. 17.

And do thou denounce all these judgments unto all those several nations, to which I send thee; and assure them, that they shall all drink of this bitter cup, in their due seasons.

Jeremiah 25:16

And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

They shall not be able to avoid those fearful judgments, which thou threatenest from me; but shall so undergo them, as that they shall be astonished therewith, and grow madly impatient, because of the destruction that I will send amongst them.

Jeremiah 25:17

Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me.

Then I took the cup at the Lord’s hand, and gave it to be pledged of all those nations, to whom the Lord had sent me.

Jeremiah 25:20

And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Us, &c.

To all those mingled people of several nations, which are hereafter mentioned.

Jeremiah 25:22

And the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea.

And the kings of those countries which are beyond the sea, whether isles or continent.

Jeremiah 25:27

Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

Take ye deep of this cup of fury and vengeance: do not think that a taste or small draught will serve the turn; no, an easy revenge will not content me, saith God: ye shall be so punished and plagued by my just hand, as that ye shall not be yourselves; but, in an amazed distractedness, ye shall fall and perish.

Jeremiah 25:30

The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

The Lord shall declare from heaven his great fury and indignation against the wicked: he shall roar like a fierce lion, and shout out aloud, and call up the Babylonians to their task of slaughter, as they, that tread the grapes, do, by their loud cries, encourage each other to the work.

Jeremiah 25:34

And ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

As an earthen vessel that is curiously wrought while it holds sound is well esteemed, but if it once fall and break is worth nothing and is only fit to be cast upon the dunghill, so shall ye be unto me.

Jeremiah 25:38

He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion; for their land is desolate.

He hath forsaken his temple, as a lion forsakes his den: while he abode in that temple of his, he was as a strong lion to defend his people; but now, he hath given them up to desolation and spoil.