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Psalm 75:8
For in the LORD’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
6For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.
7But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.
8For in the LORD’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
9But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
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The cup in YHWH’s hand makes judgment hard to soften: the wicked drink to the dregs, and God determines what is poured out.
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Job 21:20Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.Both texts picture divine judgment as something the wicked must drink, with Job naming it as the Almighty’s wrath.
Jeremiah 25:15For the LORD, the God of Israel, says to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.Both passages place a cup in the LORD’s hand and describe its contents being given as judgment to drink.
Psalm 11:6On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.Both psalms use a cup to describe the judgment allotted to the wicked, with Psalm 11 adding fire and scorching wind.
Revelation 16:19The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup …Both texts portray God’s judgment through a cup of wine, directed against the wicked in the psalm and Babylon in Revelation.
Revelation 14:9–10Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his …The connection is limited here: the psalm names the wicked, while the supplied Revelation verse identifies beast worship without describing the cup.
Jeremiah 25:17Then I took the cup at the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:Both passages describe a cup from the LORD’s hand that people must drink, with Jeremiah naming the nations as recipients.
Psalm 60:3You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.Both psalms portray suffering through wine God makes people drink, though Psalm 60 speaks of his people rather than the wicked.
Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;Both mention wine mixed for drinking; Isaiah condemns prowess at drinking, while the psalm uses wine as an image of judgment.
Proverbs 23:30Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.Mixed wine is the shared detail, though Proverbs describes people seeking wine and the psalm describes God pouring judgment.
Isaiah 51:22Your Lord GOD, your God who pleads the cause of his people, says, “Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my …Both passages use a cup for divine judgment; Isaiah announces its removal from God’s people, while the psalm describes the wicked draining it.
Revelation 14:10he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the …Both passages portray divine judgment as wine drunk from a cup, with Revelation naming God’s wrath and describing torment.
Jeremiah 25:27–28“You shall tell them, ‘The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Drink, and be drunk, vomit, fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send …Both passages describe drinking as an image of devastating judgment from the LORD, with Jeremiah also naming the sword he sends.
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This is a severe picture, and its severity deserves attention. In the surrounding lines, God is the judge; the cup declares that wickedness faces his judgment.
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