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For in the hand of Yahweh there is a cup, Full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
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The Cup of Divine Judgment
Commentators explain that the cup in God's hand is a powerful metaphor for His active judgment against sin. The wine is described as foaming and red, symbolizing potent, boiling wrath. It is a 'mixture,' not of water, but of spices or drugs to increase its strength, representing the severe and staggering effect of God's justice on the ungodly.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For in the hand of the Lord ... - The general idea in this verse is that God holds in His hand a cup for people to drink, a cup whose conte…
19th Century
Anglican
A cup. The figure of the cup of Divine fury is developed, as Psalms 11:6 () shows, from the more general one which represents life…
16th Century
Protestant
For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup. The Psalmist here applies that judgment, about which he has just spoken, more directly for the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup Another reason why men should not act haughtily and arrogantly; for by th…
No secondary causes will bring people to preferment without the First Cause. Preferment comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from th…
