Jeremiah 25:15 NIV

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 25:15

For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me ,.... The prophet: take the wine cup of this fury at my hand ; in a vision the Lord appeared to Jeremiah with a cup of wine in his hand, which he bid him take of him. It is usual in Scripture for the judgments of God on men to be signified by a cup of hot and intoxicating liquor, Isaiah 51:17 ; particularly in Psalm 75:8 ; to which reference may be had; as John seems to refer to the passage here in Revelation 14:10 ; called a cup,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:15

Verse 15 Jeremiah now explains more at large what might on account of its brevity have appeared obscure. He had spoken of all nations, but his discourse was abrupt; for he had not yet openly told us that he had been sent by God as a herald to summon all kings and nations before his tribunal, and to declare what was to be. As, then, the Prophet had referred to nothing of this kind, his discourse was ambiguous. But he now declares that a cup from God’s hand had been delivered to him, which he was... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:15

For thus saith , etc. Out of this verse and the following, to the end of the chapter, the Septuagint makes the thirty-second chapter, Jeremiah 25:1-38 being completed by the prophecy against Elam ( Jeremiah 49:34-39 ). The symbolic act which the prophet is directed to perform is mentioned in order to explain the word of threatening just uttered. So, at least, we must understand it, if we accept the arrangement of the Hebrew text. But the connection is certainly improved if we follow... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:15

The wine-cup of fury. I. THE WRATH OF GOD IS LIKE INTOXICATING WINE . 1. It is powerful . The wine is strong drink. We are too ready to close our eyes to this aspect of the Divine nature. The love of God is so treated by some that it leaves no room for anger. But God is not weakly indulgent; if he were so, even his love would be found wanting, for there is no wrath more terrible than that of outraged love. 2. The anger of God produces terrible effects . ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:15

Saith - Or, hath said. This prophecy - placed by the Septuagint after those against the nations - forms an impressive statement of the manner in which the new kingdom of Babylon was to execute Yahweh’s wrath upon the nations far and near. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 25:15-16

Jeremiah 25:15-16. Thus saith the Lord, Take the wine-cup of this fury, &c. “Those circumstances which constitute the good and evil of human life are often represented in Scripture as the ingredients of a cup, which God, as master of a feast, mixes up, and distributes to the several guests as he thinks fit. Hence, when our Saviour asks James and John, whether they were able to drink of the cup which he was to drink of, he means, whether they had resolution and patience to undergo... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:15-38

Judgment on various nations (25:15-38)God is righteous and holy, and in justice pours out his wrath on those who arrogantly defy his authority. His judgment upon wicked nations is likened to a cup of wine given to a person to make him drunk so that he staggers and falls (15-16). Through the spreading conquests of the Babylonian armies, God has punished Judah (17-18), along with a variety of other nations far and near (19-25). But in the end Babylon, the agent God has used to carry out his... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:12-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 25:15-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:15-38

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