The Meaning of Jeremiah 25:27 Explained

Jeremiah 25:27

KJV: 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.

YLT: And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts God of Israel, Drink ye, yea drink abundantly, And vomit, and fall, and rise not, Because of the sword that I am sending among you.

Darby: And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, and be drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword that I will send among you.

ASV: And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Jeremiah 25:27 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Jeremiah was to announce the doom of all these nations by military conquest. Their fate would be similar to that of a drunken man.

Context Summary

Jeremiah 25:1-38 - Shepherds That Mislead God's Flock
It is God's purpose to care for His people through shepherds (pastors) who are responsible to Him. Jesus our Lord is the Branch into which we may be grafted. He is our King who saves us and clothes us with His own spotless righteousness. God finds us in Him, Philippians 3:9. Because He reigns, we are saved and dwell in safety. When we are brought into contact with false shepherds, whether the failure be in doctrine or example, let us ask for the broken heart of Jeremiah 23:9.
God is everywhere present; as the latter paragraph indicates, He is near at hand to overhear the blasphemy of those who deride religion, and to be a very present help in time of trouble. If He fills heaven and earth, can He not fill thy heart? If His Word is like fire, let it cleanse thee! If it is as a hammer, let it pulverize thy pride! Let those of us who essay to teach and preach, not steal our words from our neighbors, or utter our own, but receive them from the source of all truth. [source]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 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

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 25:27 mean?

Therefore you shall say to them - thus says Yahweh of hosts the God of Israel Drink and be drunk and vomit and Fall and no more rise because of the sword which I will send among you
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֡ם ס כֹּֽה־ אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל שְׁת֤וּ וְשִׁכְרוּ֙ וּקְי֔וּ וְנִפְל֖וּ וְלֹ֣א תָק֑וּמוּ מִפְּנֵ֣י הַחֶ֔רֶב אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י שֹׁלֵ֖חַ בֵּינֵיכֶֽם

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣  Therefore  you  shall  say 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֲלֵיהֶ֡ם  to  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation
כֹּֽה־  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֹּה  
Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
אָמַר֩  says 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָ֨ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
צְבָא֜וֹת  of  hosts 
Parse: Noun, common plural
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
אֱלֹהֵ֣י  the  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
שְׁת֤וּ  Drink 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: שָׁתָה  
Sense: to drink.
וְשִׁכְרוּ֙  and  be  drunk 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: שָׂכַר 
Sense: to be or become drunk or drunken, be intoxicated.
וּקְי֔וּ  and  vomit 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: קִיא  
Sense: (Qal) to vomit, vomit up, disgorge.
וְנִפְל֖וּ  and  Fall 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
וְלֹ֣א  and  no  more 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תָק֑וּמוּ  rise 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
מִפְּנֵ֣י  because 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הַחֶ֔רֶב  of  the  sword 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
שֹׁלֵ֖חַ  will  send 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
בֵּינֵיכֶֽם  among  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.