Jeremiah 25:16

“And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I am sending among them.””

Jeremiah 25:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 25:16, word by word

And they will drinkשָׁתוּshatu

drink

Drink.

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and staggerהִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּhitgoashu

shake, be shaken

To shake violently, to be stirred up. Said of the earth, of waters or of someone who staggers.

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and go madהִתְהֹלָלוּhitholalu

go mad

To lose one's reason and behave without control, like a madman.

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because ofפְּנֵיpene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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the swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

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am sendingשֹׁלֵחַsholeach

send

To send someone or something.

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The context

15For 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.

16 · This verse (above)

17So I took the cup from the hand of YHWH, and made drink all the nations to whom YHWH had sent me:

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