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, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants, Jeremiah the prophet began proclaiming the words of the Lord God to the Israelites during the 13th year that King Josiah reigned. Josiah was an Israelite from the tribe of Judah, descended from Jacob and his 1st wife Leah and their 4th born son Judah. Approximately 80 years before Josiah became the 15th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land, the Assyrians invaded the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land and conquered the royal city, Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Jeremiah the prophet revealed messages about:
-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, and Edom, and Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and Keturah. Tema was associated with Abraham, Hagar and their son Ishmael. Buz was associated with Abraham's brother Nahor (Nachor) and Nahor's wife Milcah.
-the kings of Arabia.
-the kings of Elam and the Medes (Media). Elam was associated with Shem, and Media, and Persia, and with a king who captured Lot. Media was associated with Japheth and Persia.
-the king of Sheshach.
During the 11th year of the reign of Josiah's son Zedekiah (Mattaniah), the 19th king to rule Judah, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) conquered the royal city, Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that a group of Israelites took Jeremiah with them to Egypt. Over 500 years after Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem into the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 13:1-14:45, 20:1-29, 26:1-27:23, Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles Ezra 1:1-11, Jeremiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
Reference Information
Azzah = Gaza
mingled = haereb = ereb = mixed multitude, foreigners
the Medes = Maday/Madai = a son of Japheth
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