Jeremiah 25:15
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The Cup of Judgment on the Nations. 15 [a]For thus said the Lord, the God of Israel, to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath[b] from my hand and have all the nations to whom I will send you drink it.(A)
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- 25:15–17 Jeremiah is a prophet to the nations (cf. 1:5) as well as to his own people. All the nations mentioned here appear again in the more extensive collection of Jeremiah’s oracles against the nations in chaps. 46–51.
- 25:15 Cup…wrath: a metaphor for destruction that occurs often in the Old Testament (cf. Ps 11:6; 75:9; Hb 2:15–16; Ez 23:31–33, etc.).
Jeremiah 25:28
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28 If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink, say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: You must drink!(A)
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Lamentations 4:21-22
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21 Rejoice and gloat, daughter Edom,
dwelling in the land of Uz,[a]
The cup will pass to you as well;
you shall become drunk and strip yourself naked!(A)
22 Your punishment is completed, daughter Zion,
the Lord will not prolong your exile;
The Lord will punish your iniquity, daughter Edom,
will lay bare your sins.(B)
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