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: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
  • the city that is called by my name - AT: "the people of Jerusalem" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
  • **should you yourselves be free from punishment? ** - AT: "you are to be punished." (See: :en:ta:vol1: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"