Judgment on the Nations

¹⁵ For thus says the Lord God of Israel to me: “Take this ^(A)wine cup of ^[a]fury from My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.

God’s Fury Removed

¹⁰ he himself ^(A)shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is ^(B)poured out full strength into ^(C)the cup of His indignation. ^(D)He shall be tormented with ^(E)fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

¹⁹ So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into ^(A)the great winepress of the wrath of God.

Symbol of the Wine Bottles

¹² “Therefore you shall speak to them this word: ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: “Every bottle shall be filled with wine.” ’

“And they will say to you, ‘Do we not certainly know that every bottle will be filled with wine?’

¹³ “Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land—even the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—^(A)with drunkenness! ¹⁴ And ^(B)I will dash them ^[a]one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,” says the Lord. “I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy, but will destroy them.” ’ ”