28. The Lord told me that if any of them refused to drink from the cup, I must tell them that he had said, “I, the Lord All-Powerful, command you to drink.
29. Starting with my own city of Jerusalem, everyone on earth will suffer from war. So there is no way I will let you escape unharmed.”
30. The Lord told me to say:From my sacred templeI will roar like thunder,while I trample my peopleand everyone elseas though they were grapes.
31. My voice will be heardeverywhere on earth,accusing nations of their crimesand sentencing the guiltyto death.
32. The Lord All-Powerful says:You can see disaster spreadingfrom far across the earth,from nation to nationlike a horrible storm.
33. When it strikes, I will kill so many people that their bodies will cover the ground like manure. No one will be left to bury them or to mourn.