23. I gave it to Dedan, Tema, and Buz, and to the people who live in distant places.
24. I gave it to the kings of Arabia, the kings of the nomadic tribes of the desert,
25. and to the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media.
26. And I gave it to the kings of the northern countries, far and near, one after the other—all the kingdoms of the world. And finally, the king of Babylon himself drank from the cup of the lord’s anger.
27. Then the lord said to me, “Now tell them, ‘This is what the lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: Drink from this cup of my anger. Get drunk and vomit; fall to rise no more, for I am sending terrible wars against you.’
28. And if they refuse to accept the cup, tell them, ‘The lord of Heaven’s Armies says: You have no choice but to drink from it.
29. I have begun to punish Jerusalem, the city that bears my name. Now should I let you go unpunished? No, you will not escape disaster. I will call for war against all the nations of the earth. I, the lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!’