15 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to me: “Take this (A)cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and give it to all the nations to whom I send you, to drink from it.

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The Cup of God’s Wrath

15 This 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.

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16 You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor.
(A)Drink, you yourself, and [a]expose your own foreskin!
The (B)cup in the Lords right hand will come around to you,
And (C)utter disgrace will come upon your glory.

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  1. Habakkuk 2:16 Lit show yourself uncircumcised; DSS and ancient versions stagger

16 You will be filled with shame(A) instead of glory.(B)
    Now it is your turn! Drink(C) and let your nakedness be exposed[a]!(D)
The cup(E) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
    and disgrace will cover your glory.

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  1. Habakkuk 2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger

And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “[a](A)Fallen, fallen is (B)Babylon the great, she who has (C)made all the nations drink of the (D)wine of the [b]passion of her sexual immorality.”

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  1. Revelation 14:8 Lit Babylon...fell, fell, she who
  2. Revelation 14:8 Or wrath (incurred from God)

A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’[a](A) which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”(B)

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  1. Revelation 14:8 Isaiah 21:9

The woman (A)was clothed in purple and scarlet, and [a]adorned with gold, precious [b]stones, and pearls, holding in her hand (B)a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her sexual immorality,

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  1. Revelation 17:4 Lit gilded
  2. Revelation 17:4 Lit stone

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.(A) She held a golden cup(B) in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.(C)

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