Jeremiah 25:28

28 It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then shall you tell them, Thus says the LORD of Hosts: You shall surely drink.

Jeremiah 25:28 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 25:28

And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand
to drink
To give credit to the prophecies of ruin and destruction delivered by the prophet, but say, these things shall not be: then shalt thou say unto them, thus saith the Lord of hosts, ye shall
certainly drink;
or those judgments shall certainly be inflicted; there will be no possibility of escaping, whether they were believed or not; or how unwilling soever they were to believe the denunciations of them, or to have them come upon them; yet assuredly so it would be; for thus saith the Lord of hosts, who is omnipotent, and does what he pleases in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth, over whom he has a despotic power and government,

Jeremiah 25:28 In-Context

26 and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the surface of the eretz: and the king of Sheshakh shall drink after them.

27 You shall tell them, Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Yisra'el: Drink you, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

28 It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then shall you tell them, Thus says the LORD of Hosts: You shall surely drink.

29 For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the eretz, says the LORD of Hosts.

30 Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and tell them, the LORD will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as those who tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the eretz.