A moment in scripture
Jeremiah 25:15
For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
The surrounding passage
- Jeremiah 25:13
And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
- Jeremiah 25:14
For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
- Jeremiah 25:16
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
- Jeremiah 25:17
Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.