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952 B
The vision that God gave to the prophet Jeremiah continues.
Drink and become drunk, then vomit, fall down, and do not rise before the sword that I am sending among you.
This shows the inevitability of the coming punishment and the futility of trying to avoid it.
the cup from your hand to drink
AT: "their punishment"
"You must certainly drink it
This is not a cup that nations can refuse to drink. Nations can not refuse God's Judgments of war and natural disasters.
drink it
AT: be punished" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
the city that is called by my name
AT: "the people of Jerusalem" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
should you yourselves be free from punishment?
AT: "you are to be punished." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
I am calling a sword against all the inhabitants of the land
AT: "I am punishing those who live in the land"