Jeremiah 25:28

“And it will be, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: You shall surely drink!”

Jeremiah 25:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 25:28, word by word

And it will beהָיָהhaya

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

Where else “haya” appears
they refuseיְמָאֲנוּyemaanu

refuse

Refuse, be unwilling.

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to takeקַחַתkachat

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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the cupכּוֹסkos

cup

A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.

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from your handיָּדְyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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to drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot

drink

Drink.

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then you shall sayאָמַרְתָּamarta

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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.

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Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

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The context

27“And you shall say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Drink, and get drunk, and vomit, and fall and do not rise, because of the sword that I am sending among you.’

28 · This verse (above)

29For look, in the city over which my name is called, I am beginning to bring evil; and you, will you go entirely unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for a sword I am summoning against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares YHWH Tsevaot.’

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