16. They will vomit and act mad, because of the war this cup of anger will bring to them.”
17. I took the cup from the Lord's hand, and I went to the kings of the nations and made each of them drink some.
18. I started with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, and the king and his officials were removed from power in disgrace. Everyone still makes insulting jokes about them and uses their names as curse words.
19. The second place I went was Egypt, where everyone had to drink from the cup, including the king and his officials, the other government workers, the rest of the Egyptians,
20. and all the foreigners who lived in the country.Next I went to the king of Uz, and then to the four kings of Philistia, who ruled from Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what was left of Ashdod.
21. Then I went to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon,
22. and to the kings of Tyre, Sidon, and their colonies across the sea.
23-24. After this, I went to the kings of Dedan, Tema, Buz, the tribes of the Arabian Desert,
25. Zimri, Elam, Media,
26. and the countries in the north, both near and far.I went to all the countries on earth, one after another, and finally to Babylonia.
27. The Lord had said I must tell each king, “The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, commands you to drink from this cup that is full of the wine of his anger. It will make you so drunk that you will vomit. And when the Lord sends war against the nations, you will be completely defeated.”
28. The Lord told me that if any of them refused to drink from the cup, I must tell them that he had said, “I, the Lord All-Powerful, command you to drink.