ForכִּיthusכֹהYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaidאָמַרto me:אֵלַי“Takeקַחthisהַזֹּאתcupאֶת כּוֹסof the wineהַיַּיִןof furyהַחֵמָהfrom my hand,מִיָּדִיand makeוְallאֶת כָּלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםdrinkהִשְׁקִיתָהit,אֹתוֹto whomאֲשֶׁר אֲלֵיהֶםIאָנֹכִיam sendingשֹׁלֵחַyou.אוֹתְךָ
Jeremiah 25:15
Study it in the app“For thus YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, said to me: “Take this cup of the wine of fury from my hand, and make all the nations drink it, to whom I am sending you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 25:15, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- “Takeקַחkach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appears- cupכּוֹסkos
cup
A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.
Where else “kos” appears- of the wineיַּיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- of furyחֵמָהchema
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chema” appears- from my handיָּדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- drinkהִשְׁקִיתָהhishkita
give drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “hishkita” appears- am sendingשֹׁלֵחַsholeach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “sholeach” appears
Translation note
“The cup” of YHWH's wrath: cf. Isaiah 51:17; Revelation 14:10.
The context
14For many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, them too; and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.”
15 · This verse (above)
16And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I am sending among them.”