Jeremiah 25:15-29

New International Version

The Cup of God’s Wrath

¹⁵This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup^(A) filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send^(B) you drink it. ¹⁶When they drink^(C) it, they will stagger^(D) and go mad^(E) because of the sword^(F) I will send among them.”

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

²⁷“Then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk^(AK) and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword^(AL) I will send among you.’ ²⁸But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink^(AM), tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: You must drink it! ²⁹See, I am beginning to bring disaster^(AN) on the city that bears my Name,^(AO) and will you indeed go unpunished?^(AP) You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword^(AQ) on all^(AR) who live on the earth,^(AS) declares the Lord Almighty.’

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Footnotes

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

Jeremiah 49:12

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¹²This is what the Lord says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup^(A) must drink it, why should you go unpunished?^(B) You will not go unpunished, but must drink it.

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Jeremiah 49:12 in all English translations

Isaiah 51:17

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The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

¹⁷Awake, awake!^(A)
    Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
    the cup^(B) of his wrath,^(C)
you who have drained to its dregs^(D)
    the goblet that makes people stagger.^(E)

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Isaiah 51:17 in all English translations

Ezekiel 23:32-34

New International Version

³²“This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“You will drink your sister’s cup,
    a cup large and deep;
it will bring scorn and derision,^(A)
    for it holds so much.^(B)
³³You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,
    the cup of ruin and desolation,
    the cup of your sister Samaria.^(C)
³⁴You will drink it^(D) and drain it dry
    and chew on its pieces—
    and you will tear your breasts.