Jeremias 51:7
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, that made all the earth drunk: the nations have drunk of her wine, and therefore they have staggered.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Calix aureus Babylon in manu Domini, inebrians omnem terram : de vino ejus biberunt gentes, et ideo commotæ sunt.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 28:7
- ποτήριον χρυσοῦν Βαβυλὼν ἐν χειρὶ Κυρίου, μεθύσκον πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν· ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴνου αὐτῆς ἐπίοσαν ἔθνη, διὰ τοῦτο ἐσαλεύθησαν·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כּוֹס זָהָ֤ב בָּבֶל֙ בְּיַד יְהוָ֔ה מְשַׁכֶּ֖רֶת כָּל הָאָ֑רֶץ מִיֵּינָהּ֙ שָׁת֣וּ גוֹיִ֔ם עַל כֵּ֖ן יִתְהֹלְל֥וּ גוֹיִֽם
Haydock's commentary
Cup. She has exercised the vengeance of the Lord on Juda, Egypt, &c.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
Aphrahat Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations, Of Wars
11. For in the vision of Nebuchadnezzar, when he saw it, which Daniel made known and showed to Nebuchadnezzar, when he saw the image which stood over against him, the head of the image was of gold, and its breast and arms of silver, and its belly and thighs of brass, and its legs and feet of iron and potter’s clay . And Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar: Thou art the head of gold . And why was he called the head of gold? Was it not because the word of Jeremiah was fulfilled in him? For Jeremiah said: Babylon is a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, that makes all the earth to drink of its wine . And also Babylon was called the head of all the kingdoms, as it is written: Babylon was the head of the of Nimrod.