There is some reason to consider these vv. a later insertion. For (i) the nations (Jeremiah 25:17) had already been made to drink, (ii) Jehovah ("and thou shalt say") suddenly becomes the speaker, instead of, as in the previous vv., the prophet himself, (iii) the implication (Jeremiah 25:29) that the guilt of other nations is greater than that of Judah is inconsistent with such passages as Jeremiah 2:10 f.

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