Thematic Bible: Cup of


Thematic Bible



And the great town was cut into three parts, and the towns of the nations came to destruction: and Babylon the great came into mind before God, to be given the cup of the wine of his wrath.

To him will be given of the wine of God's wrath which is ready unmixed in the cup of his wrath and he will have cruel pain, burning with fire before the holy angels and before the Lamb:

Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red; it is well mixed, overflowing from his hand: he will make all the sinners of the earth take of it, even to the last drop.

Awake! awake! up! O Jerusalem, you who have taken from the Lord's hand the cup of his wrath; tasting in full measure the wine which overcomes.

For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said to me: Take the cup of the wine of this wrath from my hand, and make all the nations to whom I send you take of it.

For the Lord has said, Those for whom the cup was not made ready will certainly be forced to take of it; and are you to go without punishment? you will not be without punishment, but will certainly be forced to take from the cup.

You will be broken and full of sorrow, with the cup of wonder and destruction, with the cup of your sister Samaria.

See, I will make Jerusalem a cup of shaking fear to all the peoples round about, when Jerusalem is shut in.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain