Ezekiel 23:31-33

23:31 You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment ¹  in your hand. 23:32 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: “You will drink your sister’s deep and wide cup; ²  you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal. 23:33 You will be overcome by ³  drunkenness and sorrow. The cup of your sister Samaria is a cup of horror and desolation.

¹ tn Heb “her cup.” A cup of intoxicating strong drink is used, here and elsewhere, as a metaphor for judgment because both leave one confused and reeling. (See Jer 25:15, 17, 28; Hab 2:16.) The cup of wrath is a theme also found in the NT (Mark 14:36).

² sn The image of a deep and wide cup suggests the degree of punishment; it will be extensive and leave the victim helpless.

³ tn Heb “filled with.”