For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: 'Take this cup of wine that represents my anger from my hand, and make all the nations I send you to drink from it.'
God is telling Jeremiah to symbolically deliver His judgment to all the nations by making them drink from a cup representing God's anger.
📚 Historical Context
This prophecy came during the final years of the kingdom of Judah, around 605-586 BC, when Babylon was rising to power and threatening the entire region. Jeremiah was called to prophesy not only to Judah but to surrounding nations about the coming judgment through Babylonian conquest. The cup of wrath was a common ancient metaphor for divine judgment that nations would be forced to experience.
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