Jeremiah 25:15-38

15For thus the Lord, the God of Israel, says to me, “Take this 1cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. 16They will 2drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”

17Then I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and 3made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it: 184Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and its kings and its princes, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing and a curse, as it is this day; 195Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes and all his people; 20and all the 67foreign people, all the kings of the 8land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the 9Philistines (even Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of 10Ashdod); 2111Edom, 12Moab and the sons of 13Ammon; 22and all the kings of 14Tyre, all the kings of Sidon and the kings of 15the coastlands which are beyond the sea; 23and 16Dedan, Tema, 17Buz and all who 18cut the corners of their hair; 24and all the kings of 19Arabia and all the kings of the 2021foreign people who dwell in the desert; 25and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of 22Elam and all the kings of 23Media; 26and all the kings of the north, near and far, one with another; and 24all the kingdoms of the earth which are upon the face of the ground, and the king of 2526Sheshach shall drink after them.

27“You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “27Drink, be drunk, vomit, fall and rise no more because of the 28sword which I will send among you.”’ 28And it will be, if they 29refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “30You shall surely drink! 29For behold, I am 31beginning to work calamity in this city which is 32called by My name, and shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment; for 33I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares the Lord of hosts.’

30“Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them, ‘The 34Lord will 35roar from on high And utter His voice from His holy habitation; He will roar mightily against His 36fold. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, Against all the inhabitants of the earth.31A clamor has come to the end of the earth, Because the Lord has 37a controversy with the nations. He is entering into 38judgment with all flesh; As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,’ declares the Lord.”

32Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, evil is going forth From 39nation to nation, And a great 40storm is being stirred up From the remotest parts of the earth.

33“Those 41slain by the Lord on that day will be from one end of the earth to the 42other. They will 43not be lamented, gathered or buried; they will be like 44dung on the face of the ground.34Wail, you shepherds, and cry; And 45wallow in ashes, you masters of the flock; For the days of your 46slaughter and your dispersions 47have come, And you will fall like a choice vessel.3548Flight will perish from the shepherds, And escape from the masters of the flock.36Hear the sound of the cry of the shepherds, And the wailing of the masters of the flock! For the Lord is destroying their pasture,37And the peaceful 4950folds are made silent Because of the 51fierce anger of the Lord.38He has left His hiding place 52like the lion; For their land has become a horror Because of the fierceness of the 53oppressing sword And because of His fierce anger.”