Jeremiah 25:17

17 So I took the cup from the Lord's hand, and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it:

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 the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.

16 They shall drink and stagger and go out of their minds because of the sword that I am sending among them.

17 So I took the cup from the Lord's hand, and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it:

18 Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, an object of hissing and of cursing, as they are today;

19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, and all his people;