Lux Domini
Then took I the cup at the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:

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Interpretation

The evil and the good events of life are often represented in Scripture as cups. Under this figure is represented the desolation then coming upon that part of the world, of which Nebuchadnezzar, who had just began to reign and act, was to be the instrument; but this destroying sword would come from the hand of God.

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This thought runs through Jeremiah 25:15-19.