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But the Babylonians will be filled with shame instead of glory. So now it is their turn to drink and be stripped of their clothes. The cup of anger in my powerful right hand is going to punish them. They will be covered with shame instead of glory.
Reference
Greek: εἰ μή (ei mḗ)
if not
Hebrew: ʼăbâl
nay, i.e. truly or yet
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Greek: ἀσχημοσύνη (aschēmosýnē)
an indecency; by implication, the pudenda
Hebrew: bûwshâh
shame
Greek: κλέος (kléos)
renown (as if being called)
Hebrew: heder
honour; used (figuratively) for the capital city (Jerusalem)
Hebrew: kᵉnêmâʼ
so or thus
Greek: νυνί (nyní)
just now
Hebrew: ʼĕdayin
then (of time)
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: πίνω (pínō)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: çôbeʼ
potation, concretely (wine), or abstractly (carousal)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Greek: χιτών (chitṓn)
a tunic or shirt
Hebrew: gᵉlôwm
clothing (as wrapped)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ποτήριον (potḗrion)
a drinking-vessel; by extension, the contents thereof, i.e. a cupful (draught); figuratively, a lot or fate
Hebrew: kôwç
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
Greek: παροργίζω (parorgízō)
to anger alongside, i.e. enrage
Hebrew: chêmâh
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
Greek: χείρ (cheír)
the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument)
Hebrew: ʼekeph
a load; by implication, a stroke (others dignity)
Hebrew: ʼâshur
a step
Greek: κολάζω (kolázō)
properly, to curtail, i.e. (figuratively) to chastise (or reserve for infliction)
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Hebrew: tsâb
a palanquin or canopy (as a fixture); also a species of lizard (probably as clinging fast)
Greek: ἀσχημοσύνη (aschēmosýnē)
an indecency; by implication, the pudenda
Hebrew: bûwshâh
shame
Greek: κλέος (kléos)
renown (as if being called)
Hebrew: heder
honour; used (figuratively) for the capital city (Jerusalem)
Glory
Proverbs 3:35
Hosea 4:7
Parallel theme
Isaiah 47:3
Revelation 18:6
Isaiah 20:4
Hosea 7:5
References Lord
Isaiah 49:26
Psalm 75:8
Jeremiah 51:57
Jeremiah 25:15
Verse Explanation
Babylon will receive shame instead of glory and will drink from the cup of God's judgment, experiencing the humiliation it previously imposed on others while its political glory disappears.
History
Prophetic reversal: The language reflects the ancient symbolism of a cup representing the experience of divine judgment.