For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.(A)

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17 Wake yourself, wake yourself up!
Stand up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk the cup of His fury(A)
from the hand of the Lord;
you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs—
the cup that causes people to stagger.

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The Cup of God’s Wrath

15 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and make all the nations I am sending you to, drink from it.(A)

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שׂ Sin

21 So rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,(A)
you resident of the land of Uz!(B)
Yet the cup(C) will pass to you as well;
you will get drunk and expose yourself.

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16 You will be filled with disgrace instead of glory.
You also—drink,
and expose your uncircumcision![a]
The cup in the Lord’s right hand
will come around to you,
and utter disgrace will cover your glory.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:16 DSS, LXX, Aq, Syr, Vg read and stagger

“Look, I will make Jerusalem a cup that causes staggering(A) for the peoples who surround the city. The siege against Jerusalem will also involve Judah.

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22 But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup[a] that I am about to drink?”[b](A)

“We are able,” they said to Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 20:22 Figurative language referring to His coming suffering; Mt 26:39; Jn 18:11
  2. Matthew 20:22 Other mss add and (or) to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”

39 Going a little farther,[a] He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:39 Other mss read Drawing nearer

10 he will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, which is mixed full strength in the cup of His anger.(A) He will be tormented with fire and sulfur(B) in the sight of the holy angels and in the sight of the Lamb,

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