Jer 51:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. Babylon is compared to a cup, because she was the vessel in the hand of God, to make drunken with His vengeance the other peoples ( ; , ). Compare as to spiritual Babylon, ; . The cup is termed "golden," to express the splendor and opulence of Babylon; whence also in the image seen by Nebuchadnezzar ( ) the head representing Babylon is of gold (compare ).

‏ Jeremiah 51:7

7. Babylon is compared to a cup, because she was the vessel in the hand of God, to make drunken with His vengeance the other peoples (Jr 13:12; 25:15, 16). Compare as to spiritual Babylon, Re 14:8; 17:4. The cup is termed "golden," to express the splendor and opulence of Babylon; whence also in the image seen by Nebuchadnezzar (Da 2:38) the head representing Babylon is of gold (compare Is 14:4).