John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 25:17

"Then took I the cup at Jehovah`s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:" — Jeremiah 25:17 (ASV)

Then I took the cup at the Lord's hand In a visionary way, and did as he commanded, and prophesied as he directed him. The prophet was obedient to the heavenly vision, as became him: and made all the nations to drink, to whom the Lord had sent me; not that he travelled through each of the nations with a cup in his hand, as an emblem of what wrath would come upon them, and they should drink deep of; but this was done in vision, and also in prophecy; the prophet publishing the will of God, denouncing his judgments upon the nations, and declaring to them what would befall them.