Jeremiah 25:16

16 When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among them.”

Jeremiah 25:16 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
English Standard Version (ESV)
16 They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them."
New Living Translation (NLT)
16 When they drink from it, they will stagger, crazed by the warfare I will send against them.”
The Message Bible (MSG)
16 They'll drink it and get drunk, staggering in delirium because of the killing that I'm going to unleash among them."
American Standard Version (ASV)
16 And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
16 When they drink from it, they will stagger and go insane because of the wars that I'm going to send them.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
16 They will drink, stagger, and go out of their minds because of the sword I am sending among them."
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
16 When they drink it, they will not even be able to walk straight. It will drive them out of their minds. I am going to send war against them."

Jeremiah 25:16 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 25:16

And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad
The judgments foretold shall come upon them, whether they will or not; which will have such effects upon them, as intoxicating liquor has on drunken persons; make them shake and tremble, and reel to and fro, and toss and tumble about, and behave like madmen: because of the sword that I will send among them;
this explains what is meant by the wine cup of fury, the sword of a foreign enemy that shall enter among them and destroy; and which would make them tremble, and be at their wits' end, like drunken and mad men.

Jeremiah 25:16 In-Context

14 They themselves will be enslaved by many nations and great kings; I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”
15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.
16 When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among them.”
17 So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it:
18 Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin and an object of horror and scorn, a curse —as they are today;

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