Jeremiah 25 · Verse 26

Jeremiah 25:26

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 25:26, King James Version

Jeremiah 25:26 in other translations

BSBall the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
WEBand all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the surface of the earth. The king of Sheshach will drink after them.
ASVand 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.
YLTAnd all the kings of the north, The near and the far off, one unto another, And all the kingdoms of the earth, That are on the face of the ground, And king Sheshach drinketh after them.
DARBYand 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.
BBEAnd all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Jeremiah 25:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. Sheshach--Babylon; as the parallelism in Jr 51:41 proves. In the Cabalistic system (called Athbash, the first Hebrew letter in the alphabet being expressed by the last) Sheshach would exactly answer to Babel. Jeremiah may have used this system (as perhaps in Jr 51:41) for concealment at the time of this prediction, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, while Nebuchadnezzar was before Jerusalem. In Jr 51:41 there can be no concealment, as Babylon is expressly mentioned. Michaelis more simply explains the term "brazen-gated" (compare Is 45:2); others, "the house of a prince." Rather, it comes from the Babylonian goddess, Shach, by reduplication of the first letter; from her Misael was named Meshach by the Babylonians. The term Shace was applied to a festival at Babylon, alluded to in Jr 51:39, 57; Is 21:5. It was during this feast that Cyrus took Babylon [Herodotus, 1]. Thus Jeremiah mystically denotes the time of its capture by this term [Glassius].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 The kings of the north, far and near - The first may mean Syria; the latter, the Hyrcanians and Bactrians. And the king of Sheshach shall drink after them - Sheshach was an ancient king of Babylon, who was deified after his death. Here it means either Babylon, or Nebuchadnezzar the king of it. After it has been the occasion of ruin to so many other nations, Babylon itself shall be destroyed by the Medo-Persians.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 25:15-29

The evil and the good events of life are often represented in Scripture as cups. Under this figure is represented the desolation then coming upon that part of the world, of which Nebuchadnezzar, who had just began to reign and act, was to be the instrument; but this destroying sword would come from the hand of God. The desolations the sword should make in all these kingdoms, are represented by the consequences of…

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Jeremiah 25:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֵ֣ת\׀ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
מַלְכֵ֣יmal.Khei[the] kings ofH4428
הַצָּפ֗וֹןha.tza.Fonthe northH6828
הַקְּרֹבִ֤יםha.ke.ro.Vim<the> nearH7138
וְהָֽרְחֹקִים֙ve.ha.re.cho.Kimand <the> farH7350
אִ֣ישׁ'isheachH376
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אָחִ֔יו'a.Chivbrother hisH251
וְאֵת֙ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַמַּמְלְכ֣וֹתha.mam.le.Khotthe kingdoms ofH4467
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
עַל\־'al-[are] onH5921
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440
הָאֲדָמָ֑הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127
וּמֶ֥לֶךְu.Me.lekhand [the] king ofH4428
שֵׁשַׁ֖ךְshe.ShakhSheshachH8347
יִשְׁתֶּ֥הyish.Tehhe will drinkH8354
אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם\׃'a.cha.rei.Hemafter themH310

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 25:26

  • Jeremiah 51:41

    How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

  • Jeremiah 25:9

    Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

  • Isaiah 13:1-14

    The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. …

  • Daniel 5:1-31

    Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. …

  • Jeremiah 50:1-46

    The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God. …

  • Jeremiah 25:12

    And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

  • Ezekiel 32:30

    There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

  • Habakkuk 2:16

    Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

  • Revelation 18:1-24

    And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. …

  • Isaiah 47:1-15

    Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
all the kings.
9; 50:9; Eze 32:30
and the.
51:41
drink.
12; 50:1-51:64; Isa 13:1-14:32; 47:1-15; Da 5:1-31; Hab 2:16
Re 18:1-24

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Context

  • Jeremiah 25:25

    And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

  • Jeremiah 25:26

    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 25:27

    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.

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Jeremiah 25:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y á todos los reyes del aquilón, los de cerca y los de lejos, los unos con los otros; y á todos los reinos de la tierra que están sobre la haz de la tierra: y el rey de Sesach beberá después de ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et à tous les rois du nord, à ceux qui sont près et à ceux qui sont éloignés, aux uns et aux autres, et à tous les royaumes de la terre qui sont sur la face du sol; et le roi de Shéshac boira après eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und alle Könige des Nordens, die nahen und die fernen, den einen nach dem anderen und alle Königreiche der Erde, die auf der Fläche des Erdbodens sind. -Und der König von Scheschak soll nach ihnen trinken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
cunctis quoque regibus aquilonis, de prope et de longe, unicuique contra fratrem suum: et omnibus regnis terræ quæ super faciem ejus sunt: et rex Sesach bibet post eos.