Jeremiah 25:9–29

⁹I am going to send for all the families of the north’ ^a—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘and send for My servant ^bNebuchadnezzar 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 a desolation, ^ca derision, and ruins forever. ^d10I will eliminate the sound of joy and gladness from them—the voice of the groom and the bride, ^ethe 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 70 years. ^f12When the 70 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 guilt, and I will make it a ruin forever. ^g13I 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 ^hand the work of their hands.’ ”

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 I am sending you to, drink from it. ⁱ¹⁶They will drink, stagger, ^jand go out of their minds because of the sword I am sending among them.” ^k

¹⁷So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, everyone the Lord sent me to. ¹⁸These included:

Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah, its kings and its officials, to make them a desolate ruin, an object of 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 coastlands across the sea;

²³Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those who shave their temples; ^lm

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 which are on the face of the earth.

Finally, the king of Sheshach ⁿwill drink after them.

²⁷“Then you are to say to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Drink, ^oget drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, as a result of the sword I am sending among you. ²⁸If ^pthey refuse to take the cup from you and drink, you are to say to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: You must drink! ²⁹For I am already bringing disaster ^qon the city that bears My name, ^rso 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 Hosts. ^s