Jeremiah 51:7 - Exposition

Babylon, as the instrument used by God for his judicial purposes, is likened to a wine cup, which "made all the earth drunken" (comp. Jeremiah 25:15 , Jeremiah 25:16 ); and, more than this, to a golden cup , such was the impression made upon the Jewish prophets, by Babylon's unexampled splendour. So, in Nebuchadnezzar's vision of the image, the head of the image is of gold ( Daniel 2:32 , Daniel 2:38 ). But neither her splendour nor her honourable position as God's minister could save her from merited destruction.