en_tn/jer/25/27.md

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The vision that God gave to the prophet Jeremiah continues.

Drink and become drunk, then vomit, fall down, and do not rise before the sword that I am sending among you.

This shows the inevitability of the coming punishment and the futility of trying to avoid it.

the cup from your hand to drink

AT: "their punishment"

"You must certainly drink it

This is not a cup that nations can refuse to drink. Nations can not refuse God's Judgments of war and natural disasters.

drink it

AT: be punished" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

the city that is called by my name

AT: "the people of Jerusalem" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

should you yourselves be free from punishment?

AT: "you are to be punished." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

I am calling a sword against all the inhabitants of the land

AT: "I am punishing those who live in the land"