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Amplified
They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”
New American Standard Bible
They will
King James Version
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Holman Bible
They will drink, stagger,
International Standard Version
They'll drink, stagger, and act like madmen because of the sword I'm sending among them."
A Conservative Version
And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
American Standard Version
And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Bible in Basic English
And after drinking it, they will go rolling from side to side, and be off their heads, because of the sword which I will send among them.
Darby Translation
And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Julia Smith Translation
And they drank and they staggered, and they were mad from the face of the sword which I sent in the midst of them.
King James 2000
And they shall drink, and stagger, and go mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they will drink, and they will stagger, and they will act like madmen because of the {presence} of the sword that I [am] sending among them."
Modern King James verseion
And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be maddened, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that when they have drunken thereof, they may be mad, and out of their wits, when the sword cometh that I will send among them.'
NET Bible
When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them."
New Heart English Bible
They shall drink, and reel back and forth, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them."
The Emphasized Bible
Yea they shall drink and reel to and fro and act as madmen, because of the sword which I am sending between them.
Webster
And they shall drink, and be moved, and enraged, because of the sword that I will send among them.
World English Bible
They shall drink, and reel back and forth, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they have drunk, and shaken themselves and shewn themselves foolish, because of the sword that I am sending among them.
Themes
Ammonites » Prophecies concerning
the Ammonites » Predictions respecting » Subjection to babylon
Edomites, the » Predictions respecting » To share in the punishment of the nations
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 25:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Cup Of God's Wrath
15 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to me, “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. 16 They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.” 17 Then I (Jeremiah) took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom the Lord had sent me drink it:
Cross References
Nahum 3:11
You too [Nineveh] will become drunk [with the cup of God’s wrath];
You will be hidden.
You too [Nineveh] will search [in vain] for a refuge from the enemy.
Jeremiah 51:7
Babylon has been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
Intoxicating all the earth.
The nations drank her wine;
Therefore the nations have gone mad.
Jeremiah 25:27
“Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Drink, be drunk, vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword which I will send among you.”’
Jeremiah 51:39
“When they are
And make them drunk, that they may rejoice
And may sleep a perpetual sleep
And not wake up,” declares the Lord.
Lamentations 3:15
He has filled me with bitterness;
He has made me drunk with wormwood (bitterness).
Lamentations 4:21
Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom,
Who lives in the land of Uz.
But the cup [of the wine of God’s wrath] will pass to you as well;
You will become drunk and make yourself naked.
Ezekiel 23:32-34
Thus says the Lord God,
Which is deep and wide [and filled to the brim].
You shall be laughed at and derided;
It contains much [too much to endure].
Revelation 14:8
Then another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality [corrupting them with idolatry].”
Revelation 14:10
he too will [have to] drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
Revelation 16:9-11
People were [severely] burned by the great heat; and they reviled the name of God who has power over these plagues, but they did not repent [of their sin] and glorify Him.
Revelation 18:3
For all the nations have drunk from the wine of the passion of her [sexual] immorality, and the kings and political leaders of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth and economic power of her sensuous luxury.”