Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"Take this wine cup of fury"
Text: Jeremiah 25:15
THE WINE CUP OF FURY
This was a special word that God gave to Jeremiah. There was deep symbolism involved!
“For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me:
‘Take this wine cup of fury from My hand,
and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.
And they will drink and stagger and go mad
because of the sword that I will send among them.’
Then I took the cup from the LORD’s hand,
and made all the nations drink,
to whom the LORD had sent me.”
Jeremiah 25:15-17
1. The imagery of the Wine Cup of Fury (This was mentioned earlier)
a) Psalm 75
“For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup,
And the wine is red;
It is fully mixed, and He pours it out;
Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth
Drain and drink down.”
Psalm 75:8
b) Isaiah 51
“Awake, awake!
Stand up, O Jerusalem,
You who have drunk at the hand of the LORD
The cup of His fury;
You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling,
And drained it out.”
Isaiah 51:17
2. “For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me”
“Take this wine cup of fury from My hand,
and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.”
Jeremiah 25:15
a) This Cup of Fury is a reference to God’s Judgment.
b) All nations that are wicked would drink from this cup that represented the fury
and the judgment of God.
c) Jerusalem drank of this cup of fury too.
d) This wine cup of fury comes from the LORD God of Israel.
e) Jeremiah’s part was to proclaim this word.
3. “And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them”
a) All who are judged will stagger from the effects of God’s judgment.
b) A sword of judgment will be wielded against the wicked.
4. “Then I took the cup from the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations drink,
to whom the LORD had sent me”
a) Jeremiah received this cup from the LORD’s hand.
i) He received this message from God.
ii) He readied himself to proclaim this word.
b) Making all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent.
i) The Lord’s word of judgment would be proclaimed.
ii) The hearing of the word and the judgment that followed.
This would be the partaking of the wine cup of fury.