Ezekiel 23:31

23:31 You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment ¹  in your hand.

Ezekiel 16:47

16:47 Have you not copied their behavior ²  and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time ³  you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were!

[23:31]  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).

[16:47]  ² tn Heb “walked in their ways.”

[16:47]  ³ tn The Hebrew expression has a temporal meaning as illustrated by the use of the phrase in 2 Chr 12:7.