The sword is a curse in a cup of wine....
"I have not come to bring peace, but a sword"
"From his mouth there went a sharp sword with which
to smite the nations"
Take from my hand this cup of
fiery wine and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.
When they have drunk it they will vomit and go mad; such is the sword that I am sending among them"
Take this cup of wine and drink it,
all of you. This is a cup of my blood,
the blood of the covenant.
"Just art thou, in these thy judgements, thou Holy One who art and wast;
for they shed the blood of thy people and of thy prophets and thou hast given them blood to drink"
Still works like a charm!