Jeremiah 25:15–29

The Cup of God’s Wrath

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup^a filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send^b you drink it. When they drink^c it, they will stagger^d and go mad^e because of the sword^f I will send among them.”

So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent^g me drink it: Jerusalem^h and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruinⁱ and an object of horror and scorn,^j a curse^k—as they are today;^l Pharaoh king^m of Egypt,ⁿ his attendants, his officials and all his people, and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;^o all the kings of the Philistines^p (those of Ashkelon,^q Gaza,^r Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); Edom,^s Moab^t and Ammon;^u all the kings of Tyre^v and Sidon;^w the kings of the coastlands^x across the sea; Dedan,^y Tema,^z Buz^a and all who are in distant places;^b all the kings of Arabia^c and all the kings of the foreign people^d who live in the wilderness; all the kings of Zimri,^e Elam^f and Media;^g and all the kings of the north,^h near and far, one after the other—all the kingdomsⁱ on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak^j will drink it too.

“Then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk^k and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword^l I will send among you.’ But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink^m, tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: You must drink it! See, I am beginning to bring disasterⁿ on the city that bears my Name,^o and will you indeed go unpunished?^p You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword^q on all^r who live on the earth,^s declares the Lord Almighty.’