Quick answer
These passages use wine imagery for global corruption and divine wrath, not for moral permission. Babylon intoxicates nations and also receives the cup of judgment.
Jeremiah 51:7 (KJV)
“Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.”
Revelation 14:8 (KJV)
“And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”
Revelation 14:10 (KJV)
“The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:”
Revelation 17:2 (KJV)
“With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
Revelation 18:3 (KJV)
“For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.”
In the wider Bible-wine survey, these passages belong on the judgment side.
What these passages show
Keeping these texts visible matters because they show how powerful the curse-side wine imagery becomes in Scripture. Wine can signify seduction, fornication, delusion, and the outpouring of wrath.
Read them alongside wine in the Bible, two wines in the Bible, and wine as a curse in the Bible.
Keep these texts together
Jeremiah and Revelation belong together here. They form one of the strongest grouped testimonies that wine language is not limited to cheerful or harmless meanings.
Frequently asked questions
Do these symbolic passages still matter to the debate?
Yes. They reveal how Scripture uses wine imagery and how deeply wine can be tied to corruption and judgment.
Why keep Jeremiah and Revelation together?
Because Revelation deliberately echoes the earlier prophetic pattern.