What other scriptures emphasize God's judgment similar to Jeremiah 25:27? Jeremiah 25:27 in Focus “Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk and vomit; fall to rise no more, because of the sword I will send among you.’ ” (Jeremiah 25:27) God’s “cup” forces the nations to stagger under unavoidable judgment. That same sober theme threads through the rest of Scripture. The Cup of Wrath—A Repeating Picture • Psalm 75:8 — “For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of wine mixed with spices, and He pours it out. All the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.” • Isaiah 51:17 — “You who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury… the goblet that makes men stagger.” • Habakkuk 2:16 — “The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.” • Lamentations 4:21 — “Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will become drunk and expose yourself.” • Ezekiel 23:32-34 — “A cup of devastation and desolation… you will drain it and gnaw its fragments.” • Revelation 14:10 — “He too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath.” • Revelation 16:19; 18:6 — Babylon receives “the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath,” doubled back upon her. Judgment by the Sword and Slaughter • Isaiah 34:2-3 — “The LORD is angry with all the nations… He will give them over to slaughter.” • Ezekiel 21:3-5 — “My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.” • Jeremiah 12:12 — “Across all the desert heights the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD is devouring.” • Joel 3:12-13 — “Swing the sickle… trample the grapes, for the winepress is full.” • Zephaniah 1:14-18 — “The great day of the LORD is near… In the fire of His jealousy the whole earth will be consumed.” The Day of the Lord—Global and Inescapable • Isaiah 13:9-13 — “The day of the LORD is coming, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger… I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold.” • Obadiah 1:15-16 — “As you have done, so it will be done to you… All the nations will drink continually.” • Malachi 4:1 — “Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace.” New Testament Echoes • Romans 2:5-6 — “You are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath… God ‘will repay each person according to what he has done.’ ” • Hebrews 10:26-27, 31 — “A fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire… It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” • 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 — “The Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance.” • Revelation 19:15 — “He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.” Why These Texts Matter • They confirm that God’s justice is not an isolated Old-Testament idea; it spans Genesis to Revelation. • The “cup” image shows His wrath is targeted and measured—never random, always deserved. • Judgment passages magnify God’s holiness and underline humanity’s need for repentance. • They also spotlight the grace offered in Christ, who voluntarily drank the cup of wrath for all who trust Him (Matthew 26:39; John 18:11), making escape from judgment possible. Taken together, these scriptures form a unified, literal testimony: the God who warned through Jeremiah still judges sin with perfect righteousness and will ultimately set every account straight. |
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