Isaiah 51:17 (WEB)
Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the LORD’s hand the cup of his wrath. You have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.
Fathers and councils · 2
Eusebius of Caesarea
“And there was none to console thee of all thy sons whom thou didst bring forth, and there was none to take thee by the hand.’” — editor's note: Ibid. li. 17, 18.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…distinction between those who were paid alike: and how anger, which is called “the cup in the hand of the Lord,” and “the cup of falling which is drained,” is in proportion to transgressions, even though He abates to all somewhat of what is their due, and dilutes with compassion the unmixed draught of His wrath.” — editor's note: Isai. li. 17 (LXX.).
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