Jeremiah 25:29

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 25:15-29

Under the similitude of a cup going round, which all the company must drink of, is here represented the universal desolation that was now coming upon that part of the world which Nebuchadrezzar, who just now began to reign and act, was to be the instrument of, and which should at length recoil upon his own country. The cup in the vision is to be a sword in the accomplishment of it: so it is explained, Jer. 25:16. It is the sword that I will send among them, the sword of war, that should be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:29

For, lo, I begin to bring evil upon the city which is called by my name ,.... Jerusalem, the city of God, the holy city, where his name was called upon, and he was worshipped; on this he would first bring down his judgments; and indeed he had already begun to bring evil on it; for this very year Nebuchadnezzar came up to besiege it, and carried some away captives: and should ye be utterly unpunished ? or could they expect to go free from punishment, who had so grossly sinned, and were... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:29

The city which is called by my name - Jerusalem, which should be first given up to the destruction. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:29

Verse 29 A proof is added by comparing the less and the greater; for the Prophet reasons thus, — “If God spares not the city in which he has chosen a temple for himself, and designed his name to be invoked, how can he spare aliens to whom he has never made any promise, as he regarded them as strangers? If then the green tree is consumed, how can the dry remain safe?” This is the import of the passage. The Apostle uses the same argument in other words; for after having said that judgment would... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-38

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:12-29

The judgment upon Judah and the nations. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:29

I will call for a sword . It is probably that awful sword referred to in Jeremiah 25:16 (see note). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:29

The ineffectual palladium of a great name. Jerusalem was called by God's name; yet Jerusalem was not to be spared in the general outpouring of the wine-cup of fury. The Jews were vainly trusting in their name. We are all inclined to think too much of mere names. Certainly there is something in a name; it may command respect, influence, etc. Yet this applies only in regard to human considerations; it can have no weight with God. Even with men it is less potent than its possessors would fain... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:29

Judgment beginning at the house of God. I. THE ORDER OF GOD 'S JUDGMENT . 1. It begins with his own people . 2. Reasons for this are : II. THE EXTENT OF IT . "All the inhabitants of the earth." Thus early—nay, from the first sin onwards—does he begin the judgment of the whole earth. The sin of one is but a symptom of the universal depravity of all. The oneness of the world in its fall and the evolution of its sin, is constantly declared in Scripture. ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 25:27-29

Jeremiah 25:27-29. Drink ye and be drunken The imperative is here put for the future: see the like mode of speaking, Isaiah 2:9; Isaiah 6:9; Isaiah 23:16. The cup being metaphorically put for calamity, to be drunken with it, and fall, &c., must signify extreme calamity, or destruction. If they refuse to take the cup, &c. “If they either do not believe thy threatenings, or disregard them, as thinking themselves sufficiently provided against any hostile invasion, thou shalt... read more

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