THEOSISJerome of Stridon
For the Lord God declares: Indeed, I will place you in the hands of those you have despised, in the power of those whose ways your soul has grown weary of. They will treat you with animosity and strip away everything you have earned, leaving you exposed and filled with disgrace, revealing the shame of your adulteries. Your transgressions and unfaithfulness have led you to this predicament; you have strayed after the nations, contaminating yourself with their idols. You have followed the path of your sister; therefore, I will hand her cup to you. Thus says the Lord God: you will drink deeply and widely from your sister's cup, and you will be the subject of mockery because of its vastness.
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You will become intoxicated with grief and sorrow, the cup filled with anguish and despair, the cup of your sister Samaria. You shall drink it until it is empty, tasting every residue, and you will bear the consequences of your actions. For I have declared it, says the Lord. Therefore, the Lord God says, since you have forgotten Me and turned away from Me; you will also bear the weight of your iniquities and your unfaithfulness. It is better for Jerusalem to remain in conflict with the Assyrians and Chaldeans, rather than seek help from Egypt, but instead to be delivered into the hands of their enemies for correction. It is only when his soul is sated with them, upon repenting of his past sins, that he can be cleansed through discipline, losing all that he had amassed through unfaithfulness, recognizing his exposure and disgrace, realizing that these tribulations were not orchestrated by the Lord but were the result of his own unfaithfulness in serving the idolatry of those nations.