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Thou, O king of Babylon,
art filled, shortly shalt be, and it is as sure as if already done, with shame for glory; as much filled with shame by the contempt they shall cast upon thee whom thou didst once vilify and contemn; thy shame shall be greater than ever was thy glory, as the Hebrew seems to import.
Drink thou also: thy sin was that thou didst drink, and madest others drink to shameless excess too; now thy punishment shall be to drink of the cup of God’s wrath, which will fill thee with astonishment and calamities.
Let thy foreskin be uncovered; let thy shame be laid open before all; this retaliation is just and necessary.
The cup; a Scripture phrase, expressing the just judgments and corrections of sinners.
Of the Lord’s right hand; it is said to be in his right hand here, and in his hand, Psa_75:8.
Shall be turned unto thee: they turned the cup of pleasure about, God will carry the cup of indignation about also, and make them drink deep of it, they shall not escape.
Shameful spewing shall be upon thy glory; then shalt thou be as much loathed as a shameful drunkard is in his vomit.