“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.”
God's command to take from His hand the cup of the wine of wrath and make all the nations drink of it represents the beginning of the vision of universal judgment. The cup metaphor represents judgment that spreads from nation to nation. The command to Jeremiah to administer the cup symbolically shows the prophet's role in announcing judgment on all peoples. The vision expands from Judah's particular judgment to universal judgment.
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