Jeremiah 25:9–29

⁹I am going to send for all the families of the north’^w—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘and send for my servant^x Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them an example of horror^y and scorn, and ruins forever.^{z 10}I will eliminate the sound of joy and gladness from them—the voice of the groom and the bride,^aa the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. ¹¹This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.^{ab 12}When the seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, and I will make it a ruin forever.^{a 13}I will bring on that land all my words I have spoken against it, all that is written in this book that Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations. ¹⁴For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.’ ”^b

THE CUP OF GOD’S WRATH

¹⁵This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it.^{c 16}They will drink, stagger,^A and go out of their minds because of the sword I am sending among them.”^d

¹⁷So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink from it.

¹⁸Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah, its kings and its officials, to make them a desolate ruin, an example for scorn and cursing—as it is today;

¹⁹Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officers, his leaders, all his people,

²⁰and all the mixed peoples;

all the kings of the land of Uz;

all the kings of the land of the Philistines—Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

²¹Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;

²²all the kings of Tyre,

all the kings of Sidon,

and the kings of the coasts and islands;

²³Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those who clip the hair on their temples;^Be

²⁴all the kings of Arabia,

and all the kings of the mixed peoples who have settled in the desert;

²⁵all the kings of Zimri,

all the kings of Elam,

and all the kings of Media;

²⁶all the kings of the north, both near and far from one another;

that is, all the kingdoms of the world throughout the earth.

Finally, the king of Sheshak^Cf will drink after them.

²⁷“Then you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Drink,^g get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, as a result of the sword I am sending among you.’ ²⁸If^D they refuse to accept the cup from your hand and drink, you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: You must drink! ²⁹For I am already bringing disaster^h on the city that bears my name,ⁱ so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth. This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.’^j