Jeremiah 25:16 (WEB)
They will drink, and reel back and forth, and be insane, because of the sword that I will send among them.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.10Book II
“…deals towards those who have lapsed and fallen into sin, is proved by this, that the cup of God’s fury is ordered, through the agency of the prophet Jeremiah, to be offered to all nations, that they may drink it, and be in a state of madness, and vomit it forth.” — editor's note: Cf. Jer. xxv. 15, 16.
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Aphrahat
“As it is written that when Jeremiah caused the nations and kingdoms to drink the cup of wrath, he said concerning each one of the cities, that after they shall drink the cup, I will turn back the captivity of Elam, of Tyre, of Zidon, of the children of Ammon, and of Moab, and of Edom.” — editor's note: Jer. xxv. 15–27; xlviii. 47; xlix. 6, 39.
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