16. When they drink from it, they will stagger and go out of their minds because of the war I am sending against them.”
17. So I took the cup from the Lord's hand, gave it to all the nations to whom the Lord had sent me, and made them drink from it.
18. Jerusalem and all the towns of Judah, together with its kings and leaders, were made to drink from it, so that they would become a desert, a terrible and shocking sight, and so that people would use their name as a curse — as they still do.
19-26. Here is the list of all the others who had to drink from the cup:the king of Egypt, his officials and leaders;all the Egyptians and all the foreigners in Egypt;all the kings of the land of Uz;all the kings of the Philistine cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of Ashdod;all the people of Edom, Moab, and Ammon;all the kings of Tyre and Sidon;all the kings of the Mediterranean lands;the cities of Dedan, Tema, and Buz;all the people who cut their hair short;all the kings of Arabia;all the kings of the desert tribes;all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another.Every nation on the face of the earth had to drink from it. Last of all, the king of Babylonia will drink from it.
27. Then the Lord said to me, “Tell the people that I, the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, am commanding them to drink until they are drunk and vomit, until they fall down and cannot get up, because of the war that I am sending against them.
28. And if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink from it, then tell them that the Lord Almighty has said that they will still have to drink from it.
29. I will begin my work of destruction in my own city. Do they think they will go unpunished? No, they will be punished, for I am going to send war on all the people on earth. I, the Lord Almighty, have spoken.