Jeremiah 25:17

17 Then took I the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the Gentiles to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me,

Jeremiah 25:17 Meaning and 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 will of God, denouncing his judgments upon the nations, and declaring to them what would befall them.

Jeremiah 25:17 In-Context

15 For thus hath the LORD God of Israel said unto me: Take the wine cup of this fury from my hand and cause all the Gentiles, to whom I send thee, to drink of it.

16 And they shall drink and be moved and become mad, before the sword that I will send among them.

17 Then took I the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the Gentiles to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me,

18 unto Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah and to its kings and to its princes, that I might place them into desolation, into astonishment, and into hissing, and into a curse, as this day,

19 unto Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his slaves and to his princes and to all his people,