Jeremiah 51:7

a golden cup In ch. Jeremiah 25:15 f., Jeremiah was commanded to make the nations drink of the wine of God's wrath. Babylon is here spoken of under the same figure, as having made all the nations drunk, but the wine in this case, as the epithet "golden" suggests, denotes the influence for evil which her brilliance and luxury have upon the nations. She is called a golden cup from the splendour and glory which belonged to her as an empire. For the N.T. application of the figure see Revelation 17:4. See also Nahum 3:4.

are mad Cp. Jeremiah 25:16.