Ezekiel 23:31-33 - Exposition

I will give her cup into thine hand . (For the image of the cup as the symbol of good or evil fortune, see Psalms 23:5 ; Isaiah 51:17 ; Jeremiah 25:15 ; Matthew 20:22 ; Matthew 26:39 .) The cup, in this case, was to be deep and large as that of Samaria. The adulteress was to be "drunk, but not with wine" ( Isaiah 29:9 ). And that "cup," over and above the laughter and derision, would contain much of unknown calamities, the astonishment and desolation of Ezekiel 23:33 .