Psalm 75:8

Easy To Read Version

\{God is ready to punish evil people.\}\par The Lord has a cup in his hand.\par That cup is filled with poisoned wine.\par He will pour this wine (punishment),\par and wicked people will drink it\par to the last drop.\par

Cross References

Job 21:20

Let the sinner see his own punishment.\par Let him feel the anger\par of God All-Powerful.\par

Psalm 11:6

He will make hot coals and burning\par sulphur fall like rain on those bad people.\par Those bad people will get nothing but\par a hot, burning wind. {\cf2\super [63]} \par

Psalm 60:3

You have given your people many troubles.\par We are like drunk people\par staggering and falling down.\par

Psalm 73:10

So even God’s people turn to them\par and do the things they tell them. {\cf2\super [416]} \par

Isaiah 5:22

Those people are famous for drinking wine. They are champions at mixing drinks.

Isaiah 51:17

Wake up! Wake up!\par Jerusalem, get up!\par The Lord was very angry at you.\par So you were punished.\par \{This punishment was like\} a cup of poison you had to drink.\par And you drank it.\par

Isaiah 51:22

Your God and Master, the Lord, will fight for his people. He says to you, “Look, I am taking this ‘cup of poison’ (punishment) away from you. I am taking my anger away from you. You will not be punished by my anger any more.

Jeremiah 25:15

The Lord, the God of Israel, said these things to me: “Jeremiah, take this cup of wine from my hand. It is the wine of my anger. I am sending you to different nations. Make all those nations drink from this cup.

Jeremiah 25:17

So I took the cup of wine from the Lord’s hand. I went to those nations and I made those people drink from the cup.

Ezekiel 23:34

You will drink the poison in that cup.\par You will drink it to the last drop.\par You will throw down the glass\par and break it to pieces.\par And you will tear at your breasts\par from the pain.\par This will happen because\par I am the Lord and Master.\par And I said these things.\par

Revelation 16:19

The great city split into three parts. The cities of the nations were destroyed. And God did not forget \{to punish\} Babylon the Great. He gave that city the cup filled with the wine of his terrible anger.

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord makes some people poor, and he makes other people rich. The Lord humbles some people, and he honors other people.