“Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.”
You will be sated with shame instead of glory. Drink also, and stagger! The cup in the LORD's right hand will come around to you, and shame will cover your glory—the reversal is complete: Babylon, which made others drink the cup of wrath, will itself drink the cup of God's judgment. The staggering and shame that afflict the conquered now afflict the conqueror; divine justice operates through this inversion. The cup in God's right hand suggests the intimacy of divine judgment: God personally administers Babylon's downfall.
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