For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
Ver. 15. Take the wine cup of this fury.] a Or, Take this smoking wine cup. A "cup" is oft put for "affliction," and wine for extreme confusion and wrath. Poison in wine works more furiously than in water. Psa 75:8
And cause all the nations.] According to that power which I have put into thine hands. Jer 1:10 Vengeance is still in readiness for the disobedient, 2Co 10:6 as ready every whit in God's hand, as in the minister's mouth, who threateneth it.
a Utitur demonstratione seu ostento divino.