Jeremiah 25:8–29
8 ⌊Therefore⌋i thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Because you have not obeyed my words, 9 look, I am going to send and take all the clansj of the north,’ ⌊declares⌋k Yahweh, ‘and I will sendl to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations all around, and I will destroy them, and I will make them a horror, and an object of hissing, and ⌊everlasting ruins⌋.m 10 And I will exterminate from them the sound of jubilation, and the sound of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. 11 And all this land will become a site of ruins, a desolation, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.n
12 ⌊And then⌋o when the seventy yearsp are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ ⌊declares⌋q Yahweh, ‘for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and I will make it ⌊an everlasting waste⌋.r 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words that I have spoken against it, everything that is written in this scroll which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings will let them work, even them, and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.’ ” 15 For thus said Yahweh, the God of Israel, to me, “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand, and you must give it to all the nations to whom I am sending you to drink. 16 And they will drink, and they will stagger, and they will act like madmen because of the ⌊presence⌋s of the sword that I am sending among them.”
17 So I took the cup from the hand of Yahweh and I gave itt to all the nations to whom Yahweh sent me to drink: 18 Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, and its kings, and its officials, to make them a site of ruins, a horror, an object of hissing, and a curse, as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his officials, and all his people; 20 and all the otheru people; and all the kings of the land of Uz; and all the kings of the land of the Philistines—vAshkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; 21 Edom, and Moab, and the ⌊Ammonites⌋;w 22 and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland that is across the sea; 23 and Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all those who are trimmed to the side; 24 and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the otherx people who dwell in the desert;y 25 and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media; 26 and all the kings of the north, near and far, each one to his brother, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach, he will drink after them.
27 “And you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: “Drink and become drunk, and vomit, and fall, and you must not rise because of the ⌊presence⌋z of the sword that I am sending among you.” ’ 28 And it will happen, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “You must certainly drink! 29 For look, on the city that is called ⌊by⌋a my name I am beginning to inflict harm, and you indeed, will you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” ⌊declares⌋b Yahweh of hosts.’