UBF Daily Bread

THE CUP OF GOD’S WRATH

Passage: Jeremiah 25:15~38

Key verse: 29

The Cup of God’s Wrath

¹⁵This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup^(A) filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send^(B) you drink it. ¹⁶When they drink^(C) it, they will stagger^(D) and go mad^(E) because of the sword^(F) I will send among them.”

¹⁷So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent^(G) me drink it: ¹⁸Jerusalem^(H) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin^(I) and an object of horror and scorn,^(J) a curse^[a]^(K)—as they are today;^(L) ¹⁹Pharaoh king^(M) of Egypt,^(N) his attendants, his officials and all his people, ²⁰and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;^(O) all the kings of the Philistines^(P) (those of Ashkelon,^(Q) Gaza,^(R) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); ²¹Edom,^(S) Moab^(T) and Ammon;^(U) ²²all the kings of Tyre^(V) and Sidon;^(W) the kings of the coastlands^(X) across the sea; ²³Dedan,^(Y) Tema,^(Z) Buz^(AA) and all who are in distant places^[b];^(AB) ²⁴all the kings of Arabia^(AC) and all the kings of the foreign people^(AD) who live in the wilderness; ²⁵all the kings of Zimri,^(AE) Elam^(AF) and Media;^(AG) ²⁶and all the kings of the north,^(AH) near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms^(AI) on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak^[c]^(AJ) will drink it too.

²⁷“Then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk^(AK) and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword^(AL) I will send among you.’ ²⁸But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink^(AM), tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: You must drink it! ²⁹See, I am beginning to bring disaster^(AN) on the city that bears my Name,^(AO) and will you indeed go unpunished?^(AP) You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword^(AQ) on all^(AR) who live on the earth,^(AS) declares the Lord Almighty.’

³⁰“Now prophesy all these words against them and say to them:

“‘The Lord will roar^(AT) from on high;
    he will thunder^(AU) from his holy dwelling^(AV)
    and roar mightily against his land.
He will shout like those who tread^(AW) the grapes,
    shout against all who live on the earth.
³¹The tumult^(AX) will resound to the ends of the earth,
    for the Lord will bring charges^(AY) against the nations;
he will bring judgment^(AZ) on all^(BA) mankind
    and put the wicked to the sword,^(BB)’”
declares the Lord.

³²This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Look! Disaster^(BC) is spreading
from nation to nation;^(BD)
a mighty storm^(BE) is rising
from the ends of the earth.”^(BF)

³³At that time those slain^(BG) by the Lord will be everywhere—from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered^(BH) up or buried,^(BI) but will be like dung lying on the ground.

³⁴Weep and wail, you shepherds;^(BJ)
    roll^(BK) in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered^(BL) has come;
    you will fall like the best of the rams.^[d]^(BM)
³⁵The shepherds will have nowhere to flee,
    the leaders of the flock no place to escape.^(BN)
³⁶Hear the cry^(BO) of the shepherds,^(BP)
    the wailing of the leaders of the flock,
    for the Lord is destroying their pasture.
³⁷The peaceful meadows will be laid waste
    because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
³⁸Like a lion^(BQ) he will leave his lair,
    and their land will become desolate^(BR)
because of the sword^[e] of the oppressor^(BS)
    and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.^(BT)

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 25:18 That is, their names to be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, to be seen by others as cursed
Jeremiah 25:23 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads
Jeremiah 25:26 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
Jeremiah 25:34 Septuagint; Hebrew fall and be shattered like fine pottery
Jeremiah 25:38 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 46:16 and 50:16); most Hebrew manuscripts anger

Cross references

Jeremiah 25:15 : S Isa 51:17; Jer 49:12; La 4:21; Eze 23:31; Rev 14:10
Jeremiah 25:15 : Jer 1:5
Jeremiah 25:16 : ver 26
Jeremiah 25:16 : S Ps 60:3
Jeremiah 25:16 : Jer 51:7
Jeremiah 25:16 : ver 27-29
Jeremiah 25:17 : Jer 1:10; 27:3
Jeremiah 25:18 : S Jer 13:13
Jeremiah 25:18 : S Job 12:19
Jeremiah 25:18 : S 2Ch 29:8
Jeremiah 25:18 : S Jer 24:9
Jeremiah 25:18 : S Ge 19:13; Jer 44:22
Jeremiah 25:19 : S 2Ki 18:21
Jeremiah 25:19 : Isa 19:1; 20:3; Jer 44:30; Eze 29:2
Jeremiah 25:20 : S Ge 10:23
Jeremiah 25:20 : S Jos 13:3; S 2Ch 26:6; S 28:18; Zep 2:4-7
Jeremiah 25:20 : Jer 47:5; Am 1:7-8
Jeremiah 25:20 : S Ge 10:19
Jeremiah 25:21 : S Ge 25:30
Jeremiah 25:21 : S Ge 19:37; S Dt 23:6
Jeremiah 25:21 : S Ge 19:38; Jer 27:3; 49:1
Jeremiah 25:22 : S Jos 19:29
Jeremiah 25:22 : S Ge 10:15
Jeremiah 25:22 : Isa 11:11; 48:20; 66:20; Jer 31:10; Eze 27:15; 39:6; Da 11:18
Jeremiah 25:23 : S Ge 25:3
Jeremiah 25:23 : S Ge 25:15
Jeremiah 25:23 : S Ge 22:21
Jeremiah 25:23 : Jer 9:26; 49:32
Jeremiah 25:24 : S 2Ch 9:14
Jeremiah 25:24 : ver 20
Jeremiah 25:25 : Ge 25:2
Jeremiah 25:25 : S Ge 10:22
Jeremiah 25:25 : S Isa 21:2
Jeremiah 25:26 : ver 9; Jer 50:3, 9; 51:11, 48
Jeremiah 25:26 : Isa 23:17
Jeremiah 25:26 : Jer 51:41
Jeremiah 25:27 : ver 16, 28; S Isa 29:9; S 49:26; Jer 51:57; Eze 23:32-34; Na 3:18; Hab 2:16
Jeremiah 25:27 : S Jer 12:12; Eze 14:17; 21:4
Jeremiah 25:28 : S Isa 51:23
Jeremiah 25:29 : S 2Sa 5:7; Isa 10:12; Jer 13:12-14; 39:1
Jeremiah 25:29 : S Dt 28:10; S Isa 37:17
Jeremiah 25:29 : S Pr 11:31
Jeremiah 25:29 : ver 27
Jeremiah 25:29 : ver 30-31; Isa 34:2
Jeremiah 25:29 : S Isa 24:1
Jeremiah 25:30 : Isa 16:10; S 42:13
Jeremiah 25:30 : S Ps 46:6
Jeremiah 25:30 : S Ps 68:5
Jeremiah 25:30 : Isa 63:3; Joel 3:13; Rev 14:19-20
Jeremiah 25:31 : Jer 23:19
Jeremiah 25:31 : S Jer 2:9
Jeremiah 25:31 : S 1Sa 12:7; S Jer 2:35; S Eze 36:5
Jeremiah 25:31 : S ver 29
Jeremiah 25:31 : S Jer 15:9
Jeremiah 25:32 : S Isa 30:25
Jeremiah 25:32 : Isa 34:2
Jeremiah 25:32 : S Jer 23:19
Jeremiah 25:32 : S Dt 28:49
Jeremiah 25:33 : Isa 66:16; Eze 39:17-20
Jeremiah 25:33 : S Jer 8:2
Jeremiah 25:33 : S Ps 79:3
Jeremiah 25:34 : S Jer 2:8; Zec 10:3
Jeremiah 25:34 : S Jer 6:26
Jeremiah 25:34 : S Ps 44:22; S Isa 34:6; Jer 50:27; 51:40; Zec 11:4, 7
Jeremiah 25:34 : S Jer 22:28
Jeremiah 25:35 : S Job 11:20
Jeremiah 25:36 : S Jer 6:26
Jeremiah 25:36 : S Jer 23:1; Zec 11:3
Jeremiah 25:38 : S Job 10:16; S Jer 4:7
Jeremiah 25:38 : Jer 44:22
Jeremiah 25:38 : Jer 46:16; 50:16
Jeremiah 25:38 : S Ex 15:7; S Jer 4:26

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In a vision, the Lord told Jeremiah to take the cup of God’s wrath and to go to all the other nations on earth and make their leaders drink from the cup. So, Jeremiah obeyed the Lord. He travelled from nation to nation and made their leaders drink from the cup of the Lord’s wrath. The Lord is God of all nations, not just Israel. All people have sinned against the Lord and are thus under the judgment and wrath of God. No one could escape, not even those who refused to drink from the cup. Even the shepherds would not be spared. They too fell under the wrath of God. All would be subject to the sword.

All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. And the wages of sin is death. We all deserve to fall by the sword of God’s wrath for we have all sinned. But God sent Jesus to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Because of him, when the Lord sees us, he doesn’t see a sinner. We are made white as snow because of Jesus’ blood. We are forgiven and no longer under God’s wrath.

Prayer: Father, we all deserve to drink from the cup of your wrath. We have all sinned against you. But Jesus took the cup and drank of it for us, so we are no longer under your wrath. Thank you, Jesus!

One Word: Jesus drank from the cup for me