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You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Drink you, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
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The Cup of God's Wrath
Commentators explain that the command to "drink, be drunken, and spew" is a powerful metaphor for God's judgment. Just as excessive alcohol leads to confusion, helplessness, and sickness, God's wrath would render the nations powerless. One scholar highlights that "spew" (or vomit) specifically implies they would be forced to disgorge the wealth and power they had unjustly acquired.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The metaphors denote the helplessness to which the nations are reduced by drinking the wine-cup of fury (Jeremiah 25:15).
19th Century
Anglican
Drink you, and be drunken ...—The bold imagery points, like that of Jeremiah 25:16, to the terror and dismay which made j…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet returns to his previous discourse. He had said that a cup was extended to him by God’s hand, so that he might give it to all natio…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore you are to say to them To the several nations before mentioned, prophesied against: thus says the L…
The evil and good events of life are often represented in Scripture as cups. Under this figure is represented the desolation then coming upon that …
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, they are invited to drink, and there are three points concerning this.
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