New International Version Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland. New Living Translation Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you— on the peoples that do not call upon your name. For they have devoured your people Israel; they have devoured and consumed them, making the land a desolate wilderness. English Standard Version Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not, and on the peoples that call not on your name, for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation. Berean Standard Bible Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland. Berean Literal Bible Pour out Your fury on the nations who do not know You, and on the families who do not call on Your name; for they have eaten up Jacob, and have devoured him and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate! King James Bible Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. New King James Version Pour out Your fury on the Gentiles, who do not know You, And on the families who do not call on Your name; For they have eaten up Jacob, Devoured him and consumed him, And made his dwelling place desolate. New American Standard Bible Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You, And on the families who do not call upon Your name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him, And have laid waste his settlement. NASB 1995 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You And on the families that do not call Your name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him And have laid waste his habitation. NASB 1977 Pour out Thy wrath on the nations that do not know Thee, And on the families that do not call Thy name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him, And have laid waste his habitation. Legacy Standard Bible Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You And on the families that do not call Your name, For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him And have made desolate his abode. Amplified Bible Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know nor recognize You And on the families that do not call Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him And made his land a desolate waste. Berean Annotated Bible Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob (he grasps the heel); they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland. Christian Standard Bible Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t recognize you and on the families that don’t call on your name, for they have consumed Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off and made his homeland desolate. Holman Christian Standard Bible Pour out Your wrath on the nations that don’t recognize You and on the families that don’t call on Your name, for they have consumed Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off and made his homeland desolate. American Standard Version Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation. Contemporary English Version Our enemies refuse to admit that you are God or to worship you. They have wiped out our people and left our nation lying in ruins. So get angry and sweep them away! English Revised Version Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation. GOD'S WORD® Translation Pour out your fury on the nations who don't know you and on people who don't worship you. They have devoured the descendants of Jacob. They have devoured them completely. They have destroyed their homes. Good News Translation Turn your anger on the nations that do not worship you and on the people who reject you. They have killed your people; they have destroyed us completely and left our country in ruins. International Standard Version Pour out your anger on the nations that don't acknowledge you, and on the families that don't call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured and consumed him; they have devastated his habitation. NET Bible Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you. Vent it on the peoples who do not worship you. For they have destroyed the people of Jacob. They have completely destroyed them and left their homeland in utter ruin. New Heart English Bible Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you, and on the families that do not call on your name: for they have devoured Jacob, yes, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation." Webster's Bible Translation Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BiblePour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland. World English Bible Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, and on the families that don’t call on your name; for they have devoured Jacob. Yes, they have devoured him, consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionPour out Your fury on the nations that have not known You, "" And on the families that have not called on Your Name, "" For they have eaten up Jacob, "" Indeed, they have eaten him up, indeed, they consume him, "" And they have made his habitation desolate! Berean Literal Bible Pour out Your fury on the nations who do not know You, and on the families who do not call on Your name; for they have eaten up Jacob, and have devoured him and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate! Young's Literal Translation Pour out Thy fury on the nations that have not known Thee, And on the families that have not called in Thy name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Yea, they have eaten him up, yea, they consume him, And his habitation they have made desolate! Smith's Literal Translation Pour out thy wrath upon the nations which knew thee not, and upon the families that called not upon thy name: for they ate up Jacob and consumed him, and they will finish him, and they made desolate his dwelling. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BiblePour out thy indignation upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the provinces that have not called upon thy name: because they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have destroyed his glory. Catholic Public Domain Version Pour out your indignation upon the nations that have not known you, and upon the provinces that have not invoked your name. For they have fed upon Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and they have utterly destroyed his honor. New American Bible Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you, on the tribes that do not call your name; For they have utterly devoured Jacob, and laid waste his home. New Revised Standard Version Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you, and on the peoples that do not call on your name; for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BiblePour out thy wrath upon the nations who do not know thee and upon the families that call not on thy name; for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him and have made his habitation desolate. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Pour out your anger on the nations that have not known you, and upon the generations that do not call on your name, for they have consumed Yaqob; they consumed him and they have finished him, and his dwelling they have destroyed OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that know Thee not, And upon the families that call not on Thy name; For they have devoured Jacob, Yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, And have laid waste his habitation. Brenton Septuagint Translation Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the families that have not called upon thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, and consumed him, and have made his pasture desolate. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context Jeremiah's Prayer…24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing. 25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland. Cross References Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, Psalm 79:6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name, 2 Thessalonians 1:8 in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. Psalm 9:17 The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God. and on the families that do not call on Your name. Isaiah 64:7 No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. Joel 2:32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD. Romans 10:13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” For they have devoured Jacob; Psalm 79:7 for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. Micah 3:3 You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.” Hosea 8:8 Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel. they have consumed him and finished him off; Psalm 83:4 saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.” Jeremiah 51:34 “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out. Lamentations 2:16 All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!” they have devastated his homeland. Psalm 79:1 A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble. Isaiah 64:10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. Jeremiah 4:27 For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction. Psalm 69:24 Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them. Treasury of Scripture Pour out your fury on the heathen that know you not, and on the families that call not on your name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. Pour. Psalm 79:6,7 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name… that know. Job 18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God. John 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. Acts 17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. call. Psalm 14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. Isaiah 43:22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. Isaiah 64:7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. eaten. Jeremiah 8:16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. Jeremiah 50:7,17 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers… Jeremiah 51:34,35 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out… Jump to Previous Acknowledge Completely Consumed Desolate Destroyed Devoured Dwelling-Place Eaten End Families Fields Fury Habitation Heathen Homeland Jacob Laid Meal Nations Peoples Pour Waste Worship WrathJump to Next Acknowledge Completely Consumed Desolate Destroyed Devoured Dwelling-Place Eaten End Families Fields Fury Habitation Heathen Homeland Jacob Laid Meal Nations Peoples Pour Waste Worship WrathJeremiah 10 1. The unequal comparison of God and idols.17. The prophet exhorts to flee from the calamity to come. 19. He laments the spoil of the tabernacle by foolish pastors. 23. He makes an humble supplication. Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, Jeremiah calls on God to judge the pagan powers that reject His rule and persecute His covenant people. Nations such as Assyria and Babylon had acted with cruelty and idolatry, though Babylon itself had been used as God’s instrument to discipline Judah. Psa 79:6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge… and on the families that do not call on Your name. God’s judgment reaches beyond rulers and armies to households that refuse to worship and obey Him. Every level of society is accountable to the Lord. Isa 64:7 No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You.… For they have devoured Jacob; Jacob represents Israel, the people descended from the patriarch. Foreign invaders had overwhelmed the northern kingdom and later Judah, treating God’s people as prey. Psa 79:7 for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. they have consumed him and finished him off; The devastation was severe: cities were destroyed, many were killed, and survivors were carried into exile. Babylon’s destruction of Jerusalem brought Judah to the edge of national collapse. Psa 83:4 Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel… they have devastated his homeland. The promised land was left desolate through war, exile, and the destruction of its towns and fields. Yet the judgment of Judah’s enemies did not cancel God’s covenant purposes or His promise to restore His people. Psa 79:1 A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded… Persons / Places / Events 1. JeremiahA major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning the judgment and restoration of Israel. 2. Nations Refers to the Gentile nations surrounding Israel, often seen as adversaries who do not acknowledge the God of Israel. 3. Families Represents groups or clans within these nations that have turned away from God. 4. Jacob Another name for Israel, representing the people of God who have been oppressed by these nations. 5. Homeland Refers to the land of Israel, which has been devastated by foreign powers. Teaching Points Divine JusticeGod's justice is a central theme. He is righteous and will ultimately hold nations accountable for their actions against His people. Acknowledgment of God The importance of acknowledging God and calling on His name is emphasized. Nations and families that fail to do so are subject to His judgment. Protection of God's People God is protective of His people, Israel, and will act against those who harm them. This reflects His covenant faithfulness. Prayer for Justice Believers are encouraged to pray for God's justice in the world, trusting that He will act in His perfect timing. Repentance and Relationship The passage serves as a reminder of the need for repentance and maintaining a relationship with God to avoid His wrath. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Jeremiah 10:25?2. How does Jeremiah 10:25 reflect God's justice towards nations ignoring Him? 3. What actions lead to God's wrath as described in Jeremiah 10:25? 4. How can we ensure our nation acknowledges God, avoiding Jeremiah 10:25's warning? 5. Compare Jeremiah 10:25 with Romans 1:18. How is God's wrath similarly depicted? 6. What practical steps can believers take to intercede for their nation today? 7. What is the historical context of Jeremiah 10:25? 8. How does Jeremiah 10:25 reflect God's judgment on nations? 9. Why does Jeremiah 10:25 call for God's wrath on those who don't know Him? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 10? (25) Pour out thy fury.--The words are identical with those of Psalm 79:6-7, but it is more probable that the Psalmist borrowed from the Prophet. By many critics the Psalm is referred to the time of the Maccabees, and it would seem, from the language of Jeremiah 10:1-3, that it must at any rate have been after the destruction of the Temple by the Chaldeans. On the last supposition the two writers may have been contemporaries. Verse 25. - This verse is repeated, with slight differences, in Psalm 79:6, 7. The fault of the heathen is that they exceeded their commission (Isaiah 10:6, 7; Isaiah 47:6; Zechariah 1:15), and aimed at destroying, instead of merely punishing, Jehovah's erring people. His habitation; rather, his pasture (comp. Jeremiah 12:10) • The speaker (Jeremiah, representing the faithful remnant) calls on God to act with righteous anger, not petty vengeance (Nahum 1:2; Romans 1:18). • Wrath here is literal—a settled, holy response to sin that God reserves until the right moment (Exodus 34:6-7). • The plea springs from confidence that God alone administers perfect justice (Deuteronomy 32:35). • “Nations” points to peoples outside Israel who persistently reject the true God (Psalm 2:1-5; 2 Kings 17:34). • To “acknowledge” is more than mental assent; it means bowing to God’s revealed rule (Jeremiah 9:24). Refusal invites judgment (Psalm 9:17). • The verse exposes a universal principle: no culture gets a pass when it suppresses truth (Romans 1:20). • The circle tightens from whole nations to individual households, showing accountability at every level (Genesis 18:19; Joshua 24:15). • “Call on Your name” speaks of worship, dependence, and covenant loyalty (Psalm 116:17; Joel 2:32). • A family’s refusal to pray and worship is not neutral; it invites the same wrath nations face (Matthew 10:32-33). • “Jacob” is a covenant name for Israel, emphasizing God’s special relationship (Genesis 32:28; Isaiah 43:1). • Foreign oppressors had brutalized the people and the land—first Assyria, then Babylon (2 Kings 17:5-6; 25:8-10). • The triple description—devoured, consumed, devastated—underscores total destruction (Psalm 79:1-7, a close parallel). • Jeremiah appeals to God’s justice: punishing the nations is not only retribution but restoration for Israel (Zechariah 1:14-15). Jeremiah 10:25 is a fervent, literal prayer for God’s righteous judgment. Because hostile nations and even unbelieving households refuse to acknowledge or call on the Lord—and have ruthlessly destroyed His covenant people—Jeremiah pleads that God pour out His wrath. The verse assures readers that every level of rebellion, whether national or domestic, will answer to the holy God who defends His people and keeps His promises. Jeremiah 10:25 NIV |
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