The judgement is described under the figure of a cup of wine, which God gives the wicked to drink. The figure is a common one. See Jeremiah 25:15 ff., Jeremiah 25:27 ff.; Jeremiah 49:12; Jeremiah 51:7; Isaiah 51:17 ff.; Job 21:20; Psalms 11:6; Psalms 60:3. is red Or, foameth (R.V.). mixture Herbs and spices to make it more seductive and intoxicating.

but the dregs&c. Surely the dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth shall drain up and drink. They must drink the draught of God's wrath to the last drop. Cp. Isaiah 51:17. Rosenmüller quotes in illustration from an Arabic poet, "We gave the Hudheilites the cup of death to drink, whose dregs are confusion, disgrace, and shame."

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