Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Pharaoh king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials and all his people, New Living Translation I gave the cup to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials, and all his people, English Standard Version Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, Berean Standard Bible Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people; Berean Literal Bible Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; King James Bible Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; New King James Version Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people; New American Standard Bible To Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, and all his people; NASB 1995 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes and all his people; NASB 1977 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people; Legacy Standard Bible Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people, Amplified Bible Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, all his people, Berean Annotated Bible Pharaoh (great house) king of Egypt (land of bondage), his officials, his leaders, and all his people; Christian Standard Bible Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officers, his leaders, all his people, Holman Christian Standard Bible Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officers, his leaders, all his people, American Standard Version Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; Contemporary English Version The second place I went was Egypt, where everyone had to drink from the cup, including the king and his officials, the other government workers, the rest of the Egyptians, English Revised Version Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; GOD'S WORD® Translation [I also made these people drink from it:] Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, officials, all his people, International Standard Version Pharaoh, king of Egypt, his officials, his princes, and all his people; NET Bible I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh, king of Egypt; his attendants, his officials, his people, New Heart English Bible Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his officials, and all his people; Webster's Bible Translation Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BiblePharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people; World English Bible Pharaoh king of Egypt, with his servants, his princes, and all his people; Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionPharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, "" And his heads, and all his people, Berean Literal Bible Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; Young's Literal Translation Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, And his heads, and all his people, Smith's Literal Translation Pharaoh king of Egypt and his servants, and his chiefs, and all his people. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BiblePharao the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people, Catholic Public Domain Version “But as for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his leaders, and all his people, New American Bible to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his servants, princes, all his people New Revised Standard Version Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, and all his people; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to all his servants and his princes and all his people Peshitta Holy Bible Translated To Pharaoh King of Egypt and to all his Servants and to his Princes and to all his people OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; Brenton Septuagint Translation and Pharao king of Egypt, and his servants, and his nobles, and all his people; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Cup of God's Wrath…18to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people; 20all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;… Cross References Pharaoh king of Egypt, Jeremiah 46:2 concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah: Ezekiel 29:2-3 “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. / Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’ Exodus 5:1 After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’” his officials, Isaiah 19:11 The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”? Exodus 7:11-12 But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts. / Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs. Exodus 14:5-7 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.” / So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him. / He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. his leaders, Isaiah 19:13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray. Ezekiel 30:13 This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land. Jeremiah 46:25 The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh. and all his people; Ezekiel 30:11-12 He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain. / I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken. Ezekiel 30:4-5 A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down. / Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword. Exodus 12:29-30 Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock. / During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead. Exodus 7:8-13 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, / “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.” / So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent. … Isaiah 19:1-4 This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them. / “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. / Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists. … Ezekiel 29:1-16 In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. / Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’ … Isaiah 30:1-5 “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. / They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. / But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace. … Treasury of Scripture Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; Pharaoh. Jeremiah 43:9-11 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; … Jeremiah 46:2,13-26 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah… Ezekiel 29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jump to Previous Attendants Egypt Heads Officials Pharaoh Princes ServantsJump to Next Attendants Egypt Heads Officials Pharaoh Princes ServantsJeremiah 25 1. Jeremiah, reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets,8. foretells the seventy years' captivity; 12. and after that, the destruction of Babylon. 15. Under the type of a cup of wine he foreshows the destruction of all nations. 34. The howling of the shepherds. Pharaoh king of Egypt In the context of Jeremiah 25:19, Pharaoh represents the political and military power of Egypt, a nation often seen as a rival to Israel and Judah. Egypt was a significant force in the ancient Near East, and its rulers were considered divine by their people. The mention of Pharaoh here underscores the comprehensive nature of God's judgment, extending even to powerful nations. Historically, Egypt had been both an ally and adversary to Israel, as seen in the Exodus narrative and during the reigns of various kings of Judah. The judgment against Pharaoh signifies the futility of relying on Egypt for security, a recurring theme in the prophetic literature (Isaiah 31:1). his officials his leaders and all his people Persons / Places / Events 1. Pharaoh, King of EgyptThe ruler of Egypt, representing the political and military power of the nation. In the context of Jeremiah, Pharaoh is a symbol of earthly power that stands in opposition to God's will. 2. Egypt A significant nation in biblical history, often seen as a place of refuge and also of bondage for the Israelites. Egypt's role in this passage is as a nation under judgment from God. 3. Officials and Leaders These are the governing authorities under Pharaoh, responsible for the administration and execution of Pharaoh's policies. They represent the broader leadership structure of Egypt. 4. All His People This phrase encompasses the entire population of Egypt, indicating that the judgment pronounced by God through Jeremiah is comprehensive and affects every level of society. 5. Jeremiah The prophet who delivers God's message of judgment. His role is to communicate God's will and call people to repentance. Teaching Points God's Sovereignty Over NationsGod is in control of all nations, regardless of their power or influence. This passage reminds us that no earthly power can stand against God's will. The Consequences of Pride and Idolatry Egypt's reliance on its own strength and its idolatrous practices led to its downfall. We must examine our lives for areas where we rely on worldly power instead of God. The Universality of God's Judgment God's judgment is not limited to Israel but extends to all nations. This serves as a warning to live righteously and align ourselves with God's purposes. The Role of Prophets in Calling for Repentance Jeremiah's message is a call to repentance. We should heed the warnings of Scripture and turn back to God in areas where we have strayed. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Jeremiah 25:19?2. How does Jeremiah 25:19 demonstrate God's sovereignty over all nations, including Egypt? 3. What lessons can we learn from God's judgment on Egypt in Jeremiah 25:19? 4. How does Jeremiah 25:19 connect with God's promises in Genesis 12:3? 5. How can we apply the warning in Jeremiah 25:19 to modern-day nations? 6. What role does Egypt play in the broader narrative of Jeremiah's prophecies? 7. Why does Jeremiah 25:19 specifically mention Pharaoh king of Egypt in God's judgment? 8. How does Jeremiah 25:19 reflect God's sovereignty over nations? 9. What historical events align with the prophecy in Jeremiah 25:19? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 25? 11. How did Judah's kings follow or stray from God? 12. Could the metaphorical language in Ezekiel 19 reflect scientific or historical inaccuracies about the fate of these 'lion cubs'? 13. Jeremiah 39:11-14: Why would Nebuchadnezzar personally care about Jeremiah, and does this detail align with known Babylonian policies toward conquered prophets or officials? 14. In Jeremiah 38:15-16, how reliable is the account of a secret meeting between Jeremiah and King Zedekiah when both sides had clear motives to document or distort events? What Does Jeremiah 25:19 Mean Pharaoh king of EgyptJeremiah names Egypt’s monarch first because, in God’s courtroom, the one with greatest authority carries greatest accountability. Just as the Pharaoh of the Exodus defied the LORD and suffered plagues (Exodus 5:2; 12:12), this later Pharaoh will “drink” the cup of divine wrath (Jeremiah 25:15-17). In other words: • God’s judgment is no respecter of political power. • Earthly thrones cannot shield anyone from the Sovereign King (Jeremiah 46:25-26; Ezekiel 29:2-6). The verse reminds us that leaders who exalt themselves against God eventually face the consequences of that rebellion. his officials The Hebrew idea behind “officials” points to the inner circle—court advisers, counselors, and ministers. They shaped national policy, so the indictment singles them out. Cross references underline that God holds advisers responsible for steering nations toward or away from His will (Isaiah 19:11-13; Jeremiah 43:8-11). Bullet points for application: • Influence equals responsibility. • Shared guilt accompanies shared decision-making (2 Samuel 17:23; Acts 12:20-23). his leaders Often rendered “princes” or “commanders,” this group includes military chiefs and provincial governors. Their inclusion signals that Egypt’s mightiest warriors cannot escape God’s decree (Jeremiah 46:3-6; Ezekiel 30:10-12). The Lord’s pattern is consistent: when armies trust in horses and chariots rather than in Him, defeat follows (Psalm 20:7; Isaiah 31:1-3). Key takeaways: • Military strength is no match for divine justice. • National security ultimately rests on submission to God. and all his people The sweep of judgment lands on the common populace, not merely the elite. As in the Exodus plagues (Exodus 9:24-26) and Isaiah’s oracle (Isaiah 19:1-4), the entire nation experiences the fallout of its leaders’ rebellion and its own idolatry (Jeremiah 44:15-17). Consider: • Corporate sin brings corporate consequences. • Yet within national judgment, individuals can still respond to God’s mercy (Jeremiah 46:27-28; Acts 2:40). summary Jeremiah 25:19 lists Egypt’s king, officials, leaders, and people to show that God’s cup of wrath spares no social tier. Power, influence, and numbers cannot shield a nation from divine accountability. Each class helped perpetuate rebellion, so each class must drink the cup. The verse calls every generation to remember that the Lord of hosts governs history, judges sin impartially, and invites repentance before judgment falls. (19) Pharaoh king of Egypt . . .--The list of the nations begins, it will be seen, from the south and proceeds northwards; those that lay on the east and west being named, as it were, literally, according to their position. The Pharaoh of the time was Nechoh, who had been defeated at Carchemish.Verse 19. - Pharaoh king of Egypt. After leaving Judah and Jerusalem, the prophet turns to the far south - to Egypt; then he ascends to the south-east (Uz), and the south-west (the Philistines); thence he passes to the east (Edom, Moab, Ammon); and thence to the west of the Holy Land (Phoenicia). This suggests the maritime lands "beyond the sea" (including especially Cyprus); a sudden transition brings the prophet to the Arabian tribes (Dedan, etc.), from whence he passes by the road of the northeast (Elam, Media) to the indefinitely distant north. Last of all, in solitary grandeur or infamy, Babylon is mentioned.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֧ה (par·‘ōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings king מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4428: A king of Egypt, מִצְרַ֛יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa his officials, עֲבָדָ֥יו (‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant his leaders, שָׂרָ֖יו (śā·rāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince and וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every his people; עַמּֽוֹ׃ (‘am·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Links Jeremiah 25:19 NIVJeremiah 25:19 NLT Jeremiah 25:19 ESV Jeremiah 25:19 NASB Jeremiah 25:19 KJV Jeremiah 25:19 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 25:19 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 25:19 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 25:19 French Bible Jeremiah 25:19 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 25:19 Pharaoh king of Egypt and his servants (Jer.) |



