Jeremiah 25:14 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 25:14

12 ‘Then it will come to pass, ^awhen seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity,’ says the Lord; ^b‘and I will make it a perpetual desolation.

13 So I will bring on that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied concerning all the nations.

14 ^a(For many nations ^band great kings shall ^cbe served by them also; ^dand I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their own hands.)’ ”

Judgment on the Nations

15 For thus says the Lord God of Israel to me: “Take this ^awine cup of fury from My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.

16 And ^athey will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”

17 Then I took the cup from the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the Lord had sent me:

18 Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its princes, to make them ^aa desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and ^ba curse, as it is this day;

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

20 all the mixed multitude, all the kings of ^athe land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the ^bPhilistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and ^cthe remnant of Ashdod);

21 ^aEdom, Moab, and the people of Ammon;

22 all the kings of ^aTyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the ^bsea;

23 ^aDedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners;

24 all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the ^amixed multitude who dwell in the desert;

25 all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of ^aElam, and all the kings of the ^bMedes;

26 ^aall the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. Also the king of¹ Sheshach shall drink after them.

27 “Therefore you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^a“Drink, ^bbe drunk, and vomit! Fall and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.” ’

28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “You shall certainly drink!

29 For behold, ^aI begin to bring calamity on the city ^bwhich is called by My name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished, for ^cI will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth,” says the Lord of hosts.’

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 25:14

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American Standard Version
For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

Amplified® Bible
For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even them [the Chaldeans who enslaved other nations]; and I will recompense [all of] them according to their deeds and according to the work of their [own] hands.

Contemporary English Version
I will pay back the Babylonians for every wrong they have done. Great kings from many other nations will conquer the Babylonians and force them to be slaves.

Darby English Version
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 work of their hands.

Good News Bible
I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done, and many nations and great kings will make slaves of them.' "

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
`(For many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.)'"

New International Version
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."

New King James Version
(For many nations and great kings shall be served by them also; and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their own hands.)’”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'(For many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.)'"

Revised Standard Version
For many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands."

Young's Literal Translation
For laid service on them -- also them -- have many nations and great kings, and I have given recompence to them according to their doing, and according to the work of their hands.

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