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So I tookוָאֶקַּחthe cupאֶת הַכּוֹסfrom the handמִיַּדof YHWH,יְהוָהand made drinkוָאַשְׁקֶהallאֶת כָּלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםto whomאֲשֶׁר אֲלֵיהֶםYHWHיְהוָהhad sent me:שְׁלָחַנִי
Jeremiah 25:17
Study it in the app“So 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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Jeremiah 25:17, word by word
- So I tookאֶקַּחekach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “ekach” appears- the cupכּוֹסkos
cup
A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.
Where else “kos” appears- from the handיַּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of 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- and made drinkאַשְׁקֶהashke
give drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “ashke” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- had sent meשְׁלָחַshelaach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelaach” appears
The context
16And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I am sending among them.”
17 · This verse (above)
18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, and its kings, its princes, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing and a curse, as it is this day;