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NASB | Jeremiah 25:15 ¶ For thus the LORD, the God of Israel, says to me, "Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 25:15 ¶ For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to me, "Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. |
Bible Question: Regarding Jer. 25.15-29. Did Jeremiah literally/physically go to each of the locations mentioned? Some locations indicated that he was to contact the "kings" (kings?). This was part of my Bible reading today and has me scratching my head. Any thoughts? |
Bible Answer: melancthon, Nice namesake. Do you read much of Phillip's works? I believe several possibilities exist. One that is the most plausable to me is that Jeremiah did not literally go to each national geographical location for that was not necessary, even though he might have gone to some. The word "nations" does not always refer to a geographical location but almost always refers to people. As the nations (people) were scattered and traveled and held together in bondage, it would have been easy to preach to a large number of people groups, thus allowing them to repeat Jeremiah's words to other people groups just as Nehemiah did not need to speak to each and every individual Israelite for them to know the command to rebuild a temple. Israel is both a nation and a peoples. I look forward to hearing other views. Sam Hughey |