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The Cup of Jehovah’s Fury to be Drunk by all Nations

15 For thus said Jehovah, the God of Israel, to me, "Take from My hand this wine-cup of wrath, and give it to all the nations to whom I send thee to drink from; 16 and let them drink and reel in madness because of the sword that I will send among them." 17 So I took the cup from the hand of Jehovah, and I gave it to all the nations to whom Jehovah had sent me, to drink from– 18 Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with her kings and princes, to be made a desolation, a horror, a scorn, and a curse; 19 Pharaoh, king of Egypt, with his ministers, his princes, and all his people, 20 and all the foreign folk; all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines – Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the survivors of Ashdod; 21 Edom, Moab, and Ammon; 22 all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; and the kings of the coast-land across the sea; 23 Dedan and Tema and Buz, and all those that have the corners of their hair clipped; 24 all the kings of Northern Arabia, and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms on the face of the earth; and after them shall the king of Sheshach drink.

27 Thou shalt say to them, Thus saith Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: Drink yourselves drunk till ye fall in your vomit, to rise no more, because of the sword that I shall send among you. 28 If they refuse to take the cup from thy hand to drink, then thou shalt say to them, Thus saith Jehovah of Hosts: Drink it you shall; 29 for, if the city which is called by Mine own name is the first to feel the weight of My displeasure, how can you expect to go utterly unpunished? Nay, verily, ye shall not escape; for I am summoning the sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of Hosts.

30 As for thee, let thy prophetic message to them be this:

Jehovah will roar from on high,

He will utter His voice from His holy abode;

Against His own fold He will mightily roar,

He will lift a "hurrah" like the men at the vintage

Against those that dwell on the earth, every one.

31 Then din shall reach to the end of the earth,

For Jehovah doth hold a dispute with the nations;

Yea, He with all flesh will contend in judgment,

And those that are base He will give to the sword.

32 Thus saith Jehovah of Hosts:

See! misery spreadeth from nation to nation;

From the uttermost corners of earth

There stirreth a mighty tempest.

33 That day the slain of Jehovah shall lie

From one end of the earth to the other,

Unmourned, ungathered, unburied,

As dung on the face of the ground.

34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry,

And roll you in ashes, ye lords of the flock;

For the days are ripe for your slaughter,

Like lambs that are doomed shall ye fall.

35 No escape shall be left for the shepherds,

No flight for the lords of the flock;

36 O hark to the cry of the shepherds,

The howl of the lords of the flock;

For Jehovah destroyeth their pasture.

37 The meadows, so peaceful, are hushed

At the fierce hot wrath of Jehovah.

38 The lions have left their covert,

For the land is become a desert,

Because of the cruel sword,

And because of His fierce hot anger.

26 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, the message which follows came (to Jeremiah) from Jehovah: 2 Thus saith Jehovah, Take thy stand in the Temple court, and declare without reservation to all the people of Judah who are come to worship in the Temple, the whole message that I have commissioned thee to declare. 3 It may be that they will listen and severally abandon their wicked ways: if they do, I will relent and not bring upon them the calamity I am planning as penalty for their evil behaviour. 4 This, then, is what thou art to say to them, Thus saith Jehovah: If ye refuse to obey Me– to live in accordance with the law that I have set before you, 5 and to listen, as ye have never yet listened, to the words of My servants the prophets, whom early and late I have been sending to you – 6 then I will make this Temple like Shiloh, and as for this city, I will turn it into an object of execration to every nation in the world.

7 Now the audience that listened to this message of Jeremiah’s in the Temple included not only the whole body of the people, but the priests and the prophets as well. 8 So when he had concluded the message which Jehovah had commissioned him to declare to the whole people, the priests and the prophets seized him. "You must die," they exclaimed; 9 "for how dare you deliver in the name of Jehovah such a message as this, that this Temple will meet the fate of Shiloh, and that this city shall become an inhabited desolation?" At this juncture all the people began to crowd round Jeremiah in the Temple.

10 Now echoes of this tumult having reached the ears of the countries of Judah, they proceeded from the palace up to the Temple; and after they had taken their seats at the entrance to the new gate of the Temple, 11 the priests and the prophets addressed themselves to the countries and the whole body of the people. "This man." they said, "is guilty of a capital offence; for he has solemnly declared that this city is doomed– you have heard him with your own ears. 12 Then Jeremiah in his turn addressed himself to the courtiers and to the whole body of the people. "It is Jehovah Himself," he said, "that has sent me to proclaim upon this Temple and city the doom which you have just heard. 13 If, however, you amend your life and conduct, and listen to the voice of Jehovah your God, then He will relent and cancel His threat of catastrophe. 14 As for myself, I am in your hands: deal with me as you think right and proper. 15 But be very sure of this, that, if you put me to death, you will only be bringing innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon her people; for it is the simple truth that Jehovah has sent me to deliver this message in your hearing." 16 Thereupon, the courtiers and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, "This man is not guilty of any capital offence; for his message to us has behind it the authority of Jehovah our God."

17 Them some of the elders, rising to their feet, thus addressed the people assembled: 18 "In the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah," they said, "Micah of Moresheth was prophesying; and this is what he said to all the people of Judah:

19 Did Hezekiah the king or the people of Judah dream of putting him to death? Rather were they not so overcome by godly fear that they sued for the favour of Jehovah, with the result that He relented and cancelled His threat of catastrophe? But look at us! Why, we are on the verge of involving ourselves in a great calamity."

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The Cup of Jehovah’s Fury to be Drunk by all Nations