17 So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent(A) me drink it: 18 Jerusalem(B) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin(C) and an object of horror and scorn,(D) a curse[a](E)—as they are today;(F) 19 Pharaoh king(G) of Egypt,(H) his attendants, his officials and all his people, 20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;(I) all the kings of the Philistines(J) (those of Ashkelon,(K) Gaza,(L) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); 21 Edom,(M) Moab(N) and Ammon;(O) 22 all the kings of Tyre(P) and Sidon;(Q) the kings of the coastlands(R) across the sea; 23 Dedan,(S) Tema,(T) Buz(U) and all who are in distant places[b];(V) 24 all the kings of Arabia(W) and all the kings of the foreign people(X) who live in the wilderness; 25 all the kings of Zimri,(Y) Elam(Z) and Media;(AA) 26 and all the kings of the north,(AB) near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms(AC) on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak[c](AD) will drink it too.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:18 That is, their names to be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, to be seen by others as cursed
  2. Jeremiah 25:23 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads
  3. Jeremiah 25:26 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.

17 Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me:

18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

20 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,

21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,

22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,

23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,

24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,

25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

Read full chapter