“Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.”
The command that after all the nations drink of the cup, the king of Babylon will drink after them shows that even the instrument of judgment will not escape. The order shows that though Babylon executes judgment now, it will face judgment in turn. The promise shows that the final judgment belongs to God, not to any human power. The verse maintains the theological principle that all powers ultimately answer to God.
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