The Cup of the Lord's Wrath

Jeremiah 25

15 Thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: z "Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. 16 They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of a the sword that I am sending among them."

17 So I took the cup from the Lord's hand, b and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it: 18 c Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, d to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day; 19 e Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, 20 and f all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of g the land of Uz and all the kings of h the land of the Philistines ( h Ashkelon, h Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of i Ashdod); 21 j Edom, k Moab, and the sons of l Ammon; 22 all the kings of m Tyre, all the kings of m Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across n the sea; 23 o Dedan, p Tema, q Buz, and all who cut r the corners of their hair; 24 all the s kings of Arabia and all the kings of f the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; 25 all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of t Elam, and all the kings of u Media; 26 all the kings of v the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of w Babylon 1 shall drink.

27 "Then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: x Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of y the sword that I am sending among you.'

28 "And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: z You must drink! 29 For behold, a I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, y for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the Lord of hosts.'

30 "You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them:
b "'The Lord will roar from on high,
and from his holy habitation utter his voice;
he will roar mightily against his fold,
c and shout, like those who tread grapes,
against all the inhabitants of the earth.
 31 The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth,
for d the Lord has an indictment against the nations;
e he is entering into judgment with all flesh,
and the wicked he will put to the sword,
declares the Lord.'

32 "Thus says the Lord of hosts:
Behold, disaster is going forth
from nation to nation,
f and a great tempest is stirring
g from the farthest parts of the earth!

33 h "And those pierced by the Lord on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. i They shall not be lamented, j or gathered, or buried; j they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.

34 k "Wail, l you shepherds, and cry out,
m and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come,
and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
 35 No refuge will remain n for the shepherds,
nor escape for the lords of the flock.
 36 A voice - the cry n of the shepherds,
o and the wail of the lords of the flock!
For the Lord is laying waste their pasture,
 37 p and the peaceful folds are devastated
q because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
 38 Like a lion r he has left his lair,
for their land has become a waste
because of s the sword of the oppressor,
q and because of his fierce anger."

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:12
    For thus says the Lord : "If those who did not ...
    Jeremiah 51:7
    Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord 's hand, m...
    Job 21:20
    Let their own eyes see their destruction, and l...
    Psalms 60:3
    You have made your people see hard things; you ...
    Psalms 75:8
    For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup with...
    Isaiah 51:17
    Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up, O Jerus...
    Lamentations 4:21
    Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you wh...
    Revelation 14:10
    He also will drink the wine of God's wrath, pou...
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 47:6
    Ah, sword of the Lord! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still!
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:22 - 23
    Thus says your Lord, the Lord, your God who pleads the cause of his people: "Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering; the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more.
  4. Cross References
    Zechariah 12:2
    Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of staggering to all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem will also be against Judah.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 18:16
    Making their land a horror, a thing to be hissed at forever. Everyone who passes by it is horrified and shakes his head.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:25
    The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: "Behold, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:37
    A sword against her horses and against her chariots, and against all the foreign troops in her midst, that they may become women! A sword against all her treasures, that they may be plundered!
    Exodus 12:38
    A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds.
    Ezekiel 30:5
    Cush, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
  8. Cross References
    Job 1:1
    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
    Lamentations 4:21
    Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz; but to you also the cup shall pass; you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 47:1
    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
    Jeremiah 47:4 - 5
    Because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains. For the Lord is destroying the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 47:1
    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
    Jeremiah 47:4 - 5
    Because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains. For the Lord is destroying the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 47:1
    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
    Jeremiah 47:4 - 5
    Because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains. For the Lord is destroying the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 20:1
    In the year that the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and fought against it and captured it -
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:26
    Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
    Jeremiah 49:7 - 22
    Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:1
    Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; the fortress is put to shame and broken down.
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:1 - 6
    Concerning the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord : "Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad, and his people settled in its cities?
  16. Cross References
    Jeremiah 47:4
    Because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains. For the Lord is destroying the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
    Isaiah 23:1 - 2
    The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 47:4
    Because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains. For the Lord is destroying the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
    Isaiah 23:1 - 2
    The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:23
    Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad are confounded, for they have heard bad news; they melt in fear, they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:8
    Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time when I punish him.
    Isaiah 21:13
    The oracle concerning Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
  20. Cross References
    Job 6:19
    The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.
  21. Cross References
    Job 32:2
    Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.
    Job 32:6
    And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: "I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.
  22. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:26
    Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
  23. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 9:14
    Besides that which the explorers and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon.
  24. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:20
    And all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of the land of Uz and all the kings of the land of the Philistines ( Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod).
  25. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:11
    In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
    Jeremiah 49:34 - 39
    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
  26. Cross References
    2 Kings 17:6
    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
  27. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:9
    For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
  28. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:41
    How Babylon is taken, the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
  29. Cross References
    Habakkuk 2:16
    You will have your fill of shame instead of glory. Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision! The cup in the Lord 's right hand will come around to you, and utter shame will come upon your glory!
  30. Cross References
    Ezekiel 38:21
    I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Lord God. Every man's sword will be against his brother.
    Jeremiah 25:16
    They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them.
  31. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:12
    For thus says the Lord : "If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink.
  32. Cross References
    Proverbs 11:31
    If the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
    Isaiah 10:12
    When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.
    Amos 3:2
    You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
    Obadiah 1:16
    For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations shall drink continually; they shall drink and swallow, and shall be as though they had never been.
    1 Peter 4:17
    For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
  33. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:27
    "Then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of the sword that I am sending among you.'
  34. Cross References
    Joel 3:16
    The Lord roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth quake. But the Lord is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the people of Israel.
    Amos 1:2
    And he said: "The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.
  35. Cross References
    Judges 9:27
    And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god and ate and drank and reviled Abimelech.
    Isaiah 16:9
    Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; for over your summer fruit and your harvest the shout has ceased.
  36. Cross References
    Hosea 4:1
    Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land.
  37. Cross References
    Isaiah 66:16
    For by fire will the Lord enter into judgment, and by his sword, with all flesh; and those slain by the Lord shall be many.
    Joel 3:2
    I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land.
  38. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:19
    Behold, the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
    Jeremiah 30:23
    Behold the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
  39. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:22
    Thus says the Lord : "Behold, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
  40. Cross References
    Isaiah 66:16
    For by fire will the Lord enter into judgment, and by his sword, with all flesh; and those slain by the Lord shall be many.
  41. Cross References
    Jeremiah 16:4
    They shall die of deadly diseases. They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. They shall perish by the sword and by famine, and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.
  42. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:2
    And they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. And they shall not be gathered or buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.
  43. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:2
    And they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. And they shall not be gathered or buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.
  44. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:8
    For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.
  45. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:1
    Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!" declares the Lord.
  46. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:26
    O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
  47. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:1
    Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!" declares the Lord.
  48. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:35
    No refuge will remain for the shepherds, nor escape for the lords of the flock.
  49. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:8
    For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.
  50. Cross References
    Isaiah 32:18
    My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
  51. Cross References
    Jeremiah 12:13
    They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
  52. Cross References
    Job 38:40
    When they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in their thicket?
  53. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:16
    He made many stumble, and they fell, and they said one to another, 'Arise, and let us go back to our own people and to the land of our birth, because of the sword of the oppressor.
    Jeremiah 50:16
    Cut off from Babylon the sower, and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest; because of the sword of the oppressor, every one shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
  54. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:37
    And the peaceful folds are devastated because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
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