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!