Jeremiah 25:15 - Exposition

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 Graf, and omit Jeremiah 25:11-14 ; Jeremiah 25:15 thus becomes an explanation of the threat against Judah and the other nations in Jeremiah 25:9-11 . The wine, up of this fury ; or, this wine-cup of fury . The wine with which the cup is filled is the wrath of God. The figure is not an infrequent one with the prophets and the psalmists (comp. Jeremiah 49:12 ; Jeremiah 51:7 ; Isaiah 51:17 , Isaiah 51:22 ; Ezekiel 23:31-34 ; Habakkuk 1:16 ; Psalms 60:3 ; Psalms 75:8 ).