Jeremiah 25:15

“For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me, etc.] The prophet: take the wine cup of this fury at my hand; in a vision the Lord appeared to Jeremiah with a cup of wine in his hand, which he bid him take of him. It is usual in Scripture for the judgments of God on men to be signified by a cup of hot and intoxicating liquor, (<235117>Isaiah 51:17,22) (<244912>Jeremiah 49:12); particularly in (<197508>Psalm 75:8); to which reference may be had; as John seems to refer to the passage here in (<661410>Revelation 14:10 16:19); called a cup, because they are in measure, and but small in comparison of what will be inflicted in the world to come; and a cup of “fury”, because they proceed from the…”

“wine cup--Compare Jer 13:12-13, as to this image, to express stupefying judgments; also Jer 49:12; Jer 51:7. Jeremiah often embodies the imagery of Isaiah in his prophecies (Lam 4:21; Isa 51:17-22; Rev 16:19; Rev 18:6). The wine cup was not literally given by Jeremiah to the representatives of the different nations; but only in symbolical vision.”

“Saith - Or, hath said. This prophecy - placed by the Septuagint after those against the nations - forms an impressive statement of the manner in which the new kingdom of Babylon was to execute Yahweh’s wrath upon the nations far and near. return to 'Top of Page'”

“The cup - God made Jeremiah to see the appearance of such a cup in a vision. Jeremiah 25:20”

“25:15-38 The Lord is the sovereign king of all the nations, and their rebellion was about to result in judgment. • to whom I send you: Jeremiah did not physically travel to each nation. The message he delivered from the Lord spread mostly through written material, much of it in the book of Jeremiah, which has been read throughout the world. 25:15 The messages of wrath that the Lord gave to Jeremiah were represented as a cup full of the wine of the Lord’s anger (Rev 14:10). Jeremiah was to make the nations drink from it; God wanted them to hear the messages of condemnation and to experience the promised judgment.”

“Take: Jer 13:12-14; Job 21:20; Psa 11:6, Psa 75:8; Isa 51:17, Isa 51:22; Rev 14:10, Rev 14:19 all: Jer 25:27-33 Jeremiah 25:16”

“The cup of God's fury. - Jer 25:15. "For thus hath Jahveh, the God of Israel, said to me: Take this cup of the wine of fury at my hand, and give it to drink to all the peoples to whom I send thee, Jer 25:16. That they may drink, and reel, and be mad, because of the sword that I send amongst them. Jer 25:17. And I took the cup at the hand of Jahveh, and made all the peoples drink it to whom Jahveh had sent me: Jer 25:18. Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, and her kings, her princes, to make them a desolation and an astonishment, an hissing and a curse, as it is this day; Jer 25:19. Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; Jer 25:20. And all the mixed…”