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The Cup That Overflows: Emphatic Repetition and Divine Wrath in Jeremiah 6:11
וְאֵת חֲמַת יְהוָה מָלֵאתִי נִלְאֵיתִי הָכִיל שְׁפֹךְ עַל־עֹולָל בַּחוּץ וְעַל סֹוד בַּחוּרִים יַחְדָּו כִּי גַם אִישׁ עִם אִשָּׁה יִלָּכֵדוּ זָקֵן עִם מְלֵא יָמִים׃
In this verse from the Book of Jeremiah, the prophet stands at the threshold of divine revelation and human despair. He has been entrusted with words of judgment, yet he cannot contain them. His soul is filled with the חֵמָה—the burning wrath of God—and it threatens to consume him. In response, he cries out with a voice that trembles under the weight of divine justice: “Pour it out!”… Learn Hebrew
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