¹⁵ And the ^(A)kings of the earth, the great men, ^[a]the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, ^(B)hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, ^16 (C)and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who ^(D)sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! ¹⁷ For the great day of His wrath has come, ^(E)and who is able to stand?”

^31 (A)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

¹¹ Knowing, therefore, ^(A)the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.

A Faithful Remnant^(C)

Judgment on the Nations

¹⁵ For thus says the Lord God of Israel to me: “Take this ^(A)wine cup of ^[a]fury from My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. ¹⁶ And ^(B)they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”

¹⁷ Then I took the cup from the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the Lord had sent me: ¹⁸ Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its princes, to make them ^(C)a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and ^(D)a curse, as it is this day; ¹⁹ Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people; ²⁰ all the mixed multitude, all the kings of ^(E)the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the ^(F)Philistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and ^(G)the remnant of Ashdod); ^21 (H)Edom, Moab, and the people of Ammon; ²² all the kings of ^(I)Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the ^(J)sea; ^23 (K)Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners; ²⁴ all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the ^(L)mixed multitude who dwell in the desert; ²⁵ all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of ^(M)Elam, and all the kings of the ^(N)Medes; ^26 (O)all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. Also the king of ^[b]Sheshach shall drink after them.

²⁷ “Therefore you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^(P)“Drink, ^(Q)be drunk, and vomit! Fall and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.” ’ ²⁸ And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “You shall certainly drink! ²⁹ For behold, ^(R)I begin to bring calamity on the city ^(S)which is called by My name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished, for ^(T)I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth,” says the Lord of hosts.’

³⁰ “Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them:

³² Thus says the Lord of hosts:

^33 (AB)And at that day the slain of the Lord shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall not be ^(AC)lamented, ^(AD)or gathered, or buried; they shall become refuse on the ground.

⁵ And they journeyed, and ^(A)the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.