He will drinkfrom the brookby the wayside;ThereforeHe will liftup [His] head.
"Let his own eyesseehis decay,And let him drinkof the wrathof the Almighty.
For I have eatenasheslike breadAnd mingledmy drinkwith weeping
And nowmy headwill be liftedup abovemy enemiesaroundme, And I will offerin His tentsacrificeswith shoutsof joy;I will sing,yes, I will singpraisesto the LORD.
But You, O LORD,are a shieldaboutme, My glory,and the One who liftsmy head.
"Thereforethussaysthe LORDof hostsconcerningthe prophets,'Behold,I am going to feedthem wormwoodAnd make them drinkpoisonouswater,For from the prophetsof JerusalemPollutionhas goneforthinto allthe land.'"
Now it cameabout in the thirty-seventhyearof the exileof Jehoiachinkingof Judah,in the twelfthmonth,on the twenty-fifthof the month,that Evil-merodachkingof Babylon,in the [first] yearof his reign,showedfavorto Jehoiachinkingof Judahand broughthim out of prison.
But Jesusanswered,"You do not knowwhatyou are asking.Are you ableto drinkthe cupthat I am aboutto drink?"They saidto Him, "We are able."
He went awayagaina second timeand prayed,saying,"My Father,ifthiscannotpass awayunlessI drinkit, Your willbe done."
"Was it not necessaryfor the Christto sufferthese thingsand to enterinto His glory?"
SoJesussaidto Peter,"Putthe swordinto the sheath;the cupwhichthe Fatherhas givenMe, shall I not drinkit?"
seeking to knowwhatpersonortimethe Spiritof Christwithinthem was indicatingas He predictedthe sufferingsof Christand the gloriesto follow.
But Godsplitthe hollowplace that is in Lehiso that watercameout of it. When he drank,his strengthreturnedand he revived.Thereforehe namedit En-hakkore,whichis in Lehito thisday.
