Study it in the app“For a cup is in the hand of YHWH, and the wine foams, full of mixture; and he pours out from it; surely its dregs they will drain; all the wicked of the earth will drink.”
Forכִּיa cup isכוֹסin the handבְּיַדof YHWH,יְהוָהand the wineוְיַיִןfoams,חָמַרfullמָלֵאof mixture;מֶסֶךְand he pours outוַיַּגֵּרfrom it;מִזֶּהsurelyאַךְits dregsשְׁמָרֶיהָthey will drain;יִמְצוּallכֹּלthe wickedרִשְׁעֵיof the earthאָרֶץwill drink.יִשְׁתּוּ
cup
A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.
Where else “chos” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearswine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appearsseethe
Seethe, churn: waters, wine, troubled insides.
Where else “chamar” appearsfull
Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.
Where else “male” appearsmixed wine
A mixture; wine to which spices have been added to make it stronger. It appears only once.
Where else “mesech” appearspour
To flow like water; weep much.
Where else “yager” appearsdregs
What settles at the bottom of wine.
Where else “shemare” appearsdrain, squeeze out
Squeeze out, wring out until all the liquid is gone; drain.
Where else “yimtsu” appearswicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rishe” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “yishtu” appears“Full of mixture”: wine mixed with spices, stronger. “Dregs”: the sediment that remains at the bottom. The cup can be understood as an image of punishment.
7but Elohim is the one who judges: this one he brings low, and this one he lifts up.
8 · This verse (above)
9But I will declare it forever; I will sing psalms to the Elohim of Jacob.
