Jeremiah 25:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: Then took I the cup - and made all the nations to drink - This cup of God's wrath is merely symbolical, and simply means that the prophet should declare to all these people that they shall fall under the Chaldean yoke, and that this is a punishment inflicted on them by God for their iniquities. "Then I took the cup;" I declared publicly the tribulation that God was about to bring on Jerusalem, the cities of Judah, and all the nations.