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Ezekiel 23:31-33
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Ezekiel 23:31-33
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31 You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment[a] in your hand. 32 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘You will drink your sister’s deep and wide cup;[b] you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal. 33 You will be overcome by[c] drunkenness and sorrow. The cup of your sister Samaria is a cup of horror and desolation.
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- Ezekiel 23:31 tn Heb “her cup.” A cup of intoxicating strong drink is used, here and elsewhere, as a metaphor for judgment because both leave one confused and reeling. (See Jer 25:15, 17, 28; Hab 2:16.) The cup of wrath is a theme also found in the NT (Mark 14:36).
- Ezekiel 23:32 sn The image of a deep and wide cup suggests the degree of punishment; it will be extensive and leave the victim helpless.
- Ezekiel 23:33 tn Heb “filled with.”
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