Jeremiah 25:17-20

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 25:17

Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand ,.... In a visionary way, and did as he commanded, and prophesied as he directed him. The prophet was obedient to the heavenly vision, as became him: and made all the nations to drink, unto whom, the Lord had sent me ; not that he travelled through each of the nations with a cup in his hand, as an emblem of what wrath would come upon them, and they should drink deep of; but this was done in vision, and also in prophecy; the prophet publishing the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:18

To wit , Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah ,.... Which are mentioned first, because God's judgments began with them, as they usually do with the house of God, 1 Peter 4:17 ; and even now began; for this very year, in which this prophecy was delivered, Nebuchadnezzar came up and besieged Jerusalem, and carried away some captives, Daniel 1:1 ; this was the beginning of what afterwards were more fully executed: and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof : the Kings Jehoiakim,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:19

Pharaoh king of Egypt ,.... Who is mentioned first after the kings of Judah; not only because the Jews were in alliance with Egypt, and trusted to them; and therefore this is observed, to show the vanity of their confidence and dependence; but because the judgments of God first took place on the king of Egypt; for in this very year, in which this prophecy was delivered, Pharaohnecho king of Egypt was smitten by Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah 46:2 ; though the prophecy had a further... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:20

And all the mingled people ,.... Not the Arabians, who are mentioned afterwards, Jeremiah 25:24 ; but rather a mixed people in the land of Egypt, such as came out of it along with the Israelites; or were near it, and bordered upon it, as the Targum; which renders it, all the bordering kings; or rather a mixture of people of different nations that dwelt by the sea coasts, either the Mediterranean, or the Red sea, as others think: and all the kings of the land of Uz ; not the country of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:17

Then took I the cup - and made all the nations to drink - This cup of God's wrath is merely symbolical, and simply means that the prophet should declare to all these people that they shall fall under the Chaldean yoke, and that this is a punishment inflicted on them by God for their iniquities. "Then I took the cup;" I declared publicly the tribulation that God was about to bring on Jerusalem, the cities of Judah, and all the nations. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:19

Pharaoh king of Egypt - This was Pharaoh-necho, who was the principal cause of instigating the neighboring nations to form a league against the Chaldeans. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:20

All the mingled people - The strangers and foreigners; Abyssinians and others who had settled in Egypt. Land of Uz - A part of Arabia near to Idumea. See on Job 1:1 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:17

Verse 17 The Prophet now adds that he obeyed God’s command; for he had before often testified that he was constrained to perform his office, which he would have willingly not have done, if he was at liberty. But as he was bound to obey the divine call, it was evident that it was not his fault, and that he was unjustly charged by the people as the author of the evils denounced. We indeed know that the prophets incurred much ill-will and reproach from the refractory and the despisers of God, as... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:18

Verse 18 He begins with Jerusalem, as it is said elsewhere that judgment would begin at God’s house. (1 Peter 4:17.) And there is nothing opposed to this in the context of the passage; for though he had promised to the children of God a happy end to the evils which they were shortly to endure, he nevertheless enumerates here all the nations on whom God had bidden him to denounce judgments. In this catalogue the Church obtains the first place; for though God be the judge of the whole world, he... read more

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