Text: Jeremiah 46
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 25:15-26
Subject: Divine judgment and justice
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Jeremiah 25:15-26 presents a comprehensive catalogue of nations that must drink the "cup of the wine of wrath" (כּוֹס הַיַּיִן הַחֵמָה, kos hayayin hahemah), listing Egypt, the Philistine cities, Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, Sidon, and others culminating in Babylon. Jeremiah 46 begins the detailed oracles against these same nations, starting with Egypt — the first nation listed in the 25:15-26 catalogue. The sequence demonstrates the literary architecture of Jeremiah's book: the cup-of-wrath vision establishes God's universal sovereignty over all nations, while the individual oracles (chs. 46-51) elaborate the specific form judgment will take for each. The nations-against-nations structure underscores that Yahweh's justice is not limited to Israel but encompasses the entire ancient Near Eastern world.