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Jeremiah 25:15-29

The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

15 Thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: ^a“Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. 16 They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of ^bthe sword that I am sending among them.”

17 So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand, ^cand made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it: 18 ^dJerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials ^eto make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day; 19 ^fPharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, 20 and ^gall the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of ^hthe land of Uz and all the kings of ⁱthe land of the Philistines ( ^jAshkelon, ^kGaza, Ekron, and the remnant of ^lAshdod); 21 ^mEdom ⁿMoab, and the sons of ^oAmmon; 22 all the kings of ^pTyre, all the kings of ^qSidon, and the kings of the coastland across ^rthe sea; 23 ^sDedan ^tTema ^uBuz, and all who cut ^vthe corners of their hair; 24 all the ^wkings of Arabia and all the kings of ^xthe mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; 25 all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of ^yElam, and all the kings of ^zMedia; 26 all the kings of ^aathe north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of ^abBabylon ^{▼

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Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon} shall drink.

27 “Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^adDrink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of ^aethe sword that I am sending among you.’

28 “And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^afYou must drink! 29 For behold, ^agI begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, ^ahfor I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the Lord of hosts.’