The words of the Lord God
to Jeremiah the prophet:
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:-Jeremiah 25:15-17
To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; And all the mingled people, and all kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Asheklon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod. Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon. And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.-Jeremiah 25:18-26
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. And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, the LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.-Jeremiah 25:27-31
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.-Jeremiah 25:32-33
Background Information:
In Canaan, the Promised Land, over 90 years after the Assyrians invaded the northern nation of Israel and conquered the royal city Samaria, and approximately 18 years before the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah, the nation in the south, and conquered the royal city Jerusalem, the Lord God gave Jeremiah messages regarding:
-Egypt and its inhabitants.
-the kings of Uz. Uz was associated with Job, and with the children of Aram, and the children of Dishan, and the Edomites, the descendants of Esau (Edom). Esau was the older fraternal twin brother of Jacob (Israel).
-the kings of the Philistines, including those in Ashkelon (Askelon), Gaza (Azzah), Ekron, and Ashdod.
-the kings of Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon.
-the kings of Tyre (Tyrus) and Sidon (Zidon). Sidon was associated with Canaan, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah the ark builder.
-the kings of Dedan, Tema, and Buz. Dedan was associated with Cush, Edom, Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and Keturah. Tema was associated with Abraham, Hagar and their son Ishmael. Buz was associated with Abraham's brother Nahor and Nachor's wife Milcah.
-the kings of Arabia.
-the kings of Elam and the Medes (Media). Elam was associated with Shem, Media, and Persia, and with a king who captured Lot. Media was associated with Japheth and Persia.
-the king of Sheshach.
Reference Information:
Azzah = Gaza
mingled = haereb = ereb = mixed multitude, foreigners
the Medes = Maday/Madai = a son of Japheth
Reference Scriptures:
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; And Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;-Matthew 1:1-2...And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.-Matthew 1:16
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,-Luke 3:23...Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,-Luke 3:34...Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lahmech,-Luke 3:36...Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.-Luke 3:38
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