Pro 11:8, 21:18, Isa 49:25-26, Jer 25:17-29, Zec 12:2, Rev 17:6-8, 18 | ESV | STEP | The righteous is delivered from trouble , and the wicked walks into it instead .

25 For thus says the Lord:
^d“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.
26 ^eI will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk ^fwith their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that ^gI am the Lord your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Jeremiah 25:17-29

17 So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand, ^hand made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it: 18 ⁱJerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, ^jto make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day; 19 ^kPharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, 20 and ^lall the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of ^mthe land of Uz and all the kings of ⁿthe land of the Philistines ( ^oAshkelon, ^pGaza, Ekron, and the remnant of ^qAshdod); 21 ^rEdom, ^sMoab, and the sons of ^tAmmon; 22 all the kings of ^uTyre, all the kings of ^vSidon, and the kings of the coastland across ^wthe sea; 23 ^xDedan, ^yTema, ^zBuz, and all who cut ^aathe corners of their hair; 24 all the ^abkings of Arabia and all the kings of ^acthe mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; 25 all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of ^adElam, and all the kings of ^aeMedia; 26 all the kings of ^afthe 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 ^agBabylon ^{▼▼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: ^aiDrink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of ^ajthe 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: ^akYou must drink! 29 For behold, ^alI begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, ^amfor I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the Lord of hosts.’

Zechariah 12:2

2 “Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem ^ana cup of staggering to ^aoall the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem ^apwill also be against Judah.

Revelation of John 17:6-8

6 And I saw the woman, drunk ^aqwith the blood of the saints, the blood of ^arthe martyrs of Jesus. ^{▼▼Greek the witnesses to Jesus}

When I saw her, I marveled greatly. 7 But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you ^atthe mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her. 8 The beast that you saw ^auwas, and is not, and ^avis about to rise from ^awthe bottomless pit ^{▼▼Greek the abyss} and ^aygo to destruction. And ^azthe dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in ^bathe book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because ^bbit was and is not and is to come.

Revelation of John 17:18

18 And the woman that you saw is ^bcthe great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”