Jer 25:15-38 | ESV | STEP | Thus the Lord , the God of Israel , said to me: Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath , and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.

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 ^{▼▼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.’

30 “You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them:

^ai“‘The Lord will roar from on high,
and from his holy habitation utter his voice;
he will roar mightily against his fold,
^ajand shout, like those who tread grapes,
against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth,
for ^akthe Lord has an indictment against the nations;
^alhe is entering into judgment with all flesh,
and the wicked he will put to the sword,

declares the Lord.’
32 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
Behold, disaster is going forth
from nation to nation,
^amand a great tempest is stirring
^anfrom the farthest parts of the earth!
33 ^ao“And those pierced by the Lord on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. ^apThey shall not be lamented, ^aqor gathered, or buried; ^arthey shall be dung on the surface of the ground.

34 ^as“Wail, ^atyou shepherds, and cry out,
^auand roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come,
and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
35 No refuge will remain ^avfor the shepherds,
nor escape for the lords of the flock.
36 A voice—the cry ^awof the shepherds,
^axand the wail of the lords of the flock!
For the Lord is laying waste their pasture,
37 ^ayand the peaceful folds are devastated
^azbecause of the fierce anger of the Lord.
38 Like a lion ^bahe has left his lair,
for their land has become a waste
because of ^bbthe sword of the oppressor,
^bcand because of his fierce anger.”