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Jeremiah 49:12

For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

KJV

Quia hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce quibus non erat judicium ut biberent calicem, bibentes bibent : et tu, quasi innocens relinqueris ? non eris innocens, sed bibens bibes.

Vulgate

καὶ δώσω ὑμῖν ἔλεος, καὶ ἐλεήσω ὑμᾶς καὶ ἐπιστρέψω ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν γῆν ὑμῶν.

LXX

For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, they to whom it pertained not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink.

ASV

כִּי כֹ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה הִ֠נֵּה אֲשֶׁר אֵ֨ין מִשְׁפָּטָ֜/ם לִ/שְׁתּ֤וֹת הַ/כּוֹס֙ שָׁת֣וֹ יִשְׁתּ֔וּ וְ/אַתָּ֣ה ה֔וּא נָקֹ֖ה תִּנָּקֶ֑ה לֹ֣א תִנָּקֶ֔ה כִּ֥י שָׁתֹ֖ה תִּשְׁתֶּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
י
y
noun · 422×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כּ֣וֹס
kvs
noun · 34×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נַקֵּ֖ה
nqh
verb · 42×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 25:28 — 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.
  • Jer 25:29 — 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 eart
  • Matt 20:22 — But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able
  • Obad 1:15 — For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
  • Obad 1:16 — For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
  • Obad 1:16 — For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
  • Rom 11:21 — For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.