Jeremiah 25:17

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“So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,”

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BSBPD

“So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then took I the cup at Jehovah’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And I take the cup out of the hand of Jehovah, and cause all the nations to drink unto whom Jehovah sent me:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 25:17 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Jeremiah 1:10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
  2. Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
  3. Jeremiah 25:28If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it!
  4. Jeremiah 27:3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
  5. Jeremiah 46:1This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet
  6. Ezekiel 29:2“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
  7. Ezekiel 43:3The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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