17. So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand. I made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink from it:
18. Jerusalem and the cities of Judah as well as its kings and officials. When they drank from it, they became wastelands and ruins, something ridiculed and cursed, until today.
19. ⌊I also made these people drink from it:⌋ Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, officials, all his people,
20. and all the foreign people living among them; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of Philistia, those from the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, and Ekron, and the people left in Ashdod;
21. Edom, Moab, and the people of Ammon;
22. all the kings of Tyre and Sidon, and the kings on the seacoast;
23. Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who shave the hair on their foreheads;
24. all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the foreign people living in the desert;
25. all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
26. all the kings of the north, near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms of the earth. Last of all, the king of Sheshach will drink from the cup.
27. ⌊The Lord said,⌋ “Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk, vomit, fall down, and don’t get up because of the wars that I’m going to send you.’
28. But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink from it, say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: You must drink from it!
29. I am going to bring disaster on the city that is named after me. Do you think you’ll go unpunished? You will not go unpunished! I’m declaring war on all those who live on earth, declares the Lord of Armies.’
30. “That is why you will prophesy all these things to them and say,‘The Lord roars from above.He thunders from his holy dwelling place.He roars against his land.He shouts like those who stomp grapes.He shouts against all those who live on earth.
31. The sound is echoing to the ends of the earthbecause the Lord has brought charges against the nations.He will judge all humans.He will kill the wicked, declares the Lord.’
32. “This is what the Lord of Armies says:Disaster is spreading from nation to nation.A great storm is brewing from the distant corners of the earth.”
33. On that day those killed by the Lord will stretch from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, taken away, or buried. They will become like manure on the ground.
34. Mourn, you shepherds, and cry.Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock.The time has come for you to be slaughtered.The time has come for you to be scattered,and you will break like fine pottery.
35. There will be no place for the shepherds to flee,no escape for the leaders of the flock.