See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and demolish, to build and plant.
Jeremiah 25:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink from it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then I [Jeremiah] took the cup from the Lord's hand and made all the nations drink it to whom the Lord had sent me: [that is,] American Standard Version (1901) Then took I the cup at Jehovah’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me: Common English Bible So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand, and I made all the nations drink from it where the LORD had sent me: Catholic Public Domain Version And I received the chalice from the hand of the Lord, and I caused all the nations, to which the Lord has sent me, to drink from it: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I took the cup at the hand of the Lord, and I presented it to all the nations to drink of it, to which the Lord sent me: |
See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and demolish, to build and plant.
If they refuse to accept the cup from your hand and drink, you are to say to them, “This is what the Lord of Armies says: You must drink!
I am going to send for all the families of the north” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #”and send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them an example of horror and scorn, and ruins for ever.
Send word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon through messengers who are coming to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.
‘Son of man, face Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt.
The vision I saw was like the one I had seen when he came to destroy the city, and like the ones I had seen by the Chebar Canal. I fell face down.
You will be filled with disgrace instead of glory. You also #– #drink, and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.