Jeremiah 25:27

“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jeremiah is commanded by Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, to deliver a message to the kings and kingdoms of the earth, following the declaration that all nations will drink from a divinely given cup.

The words — וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ (ve./'a.mar.Ta) means "and you will say," and כֹּֽה־ (koh-) means "thus," structuring the passage as a formal prophetic directive to relay a specific divine utterance.

The thread — The cup of judgment motif runs through Jeremiah 25:16, Habakkuk 2:16, and Isaiah 51:21, where the afflicted are addressed as drunken but not with wine.

Why it lands — The text commands the prophet to force the nations to drink until they stagger, fall, and cannot rise because of the sword God will send, leaving no room for negotiation or escape from the stated consequence.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 25:16 And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”
Habakkuk 2:16 You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
Isaiah 51:21 Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.
Lamentations 4:21 So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
Ezekiel 21:4 Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.
Deuteronomy 32:42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
Isaiah 63:6 I trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.”
Jeremiah 12:12 Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
Jeremiah 46:10 For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
Jeremiah 46:14 “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’