17. So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand. I went to those nations. And I made them drink from the cup.
18. I poured this wine for the people of Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. I made the kings and officers of Judah drink from the cup. I did it so that they would become a ruin. People would be shocked when they saw how badly they were destroyed. People would insult them and speak evil of them. And it happened. Judah is like that now.
19. I also made these people drink from that cup of my anger: the king of Egypt, his servants, his officers and all his people;
20. all the Arabs, and all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines (the kings of the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the people left at Ashdod);
21. the people of Edom, Moab and Ammon;
22. all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; all the kings of the faraway countries;
23. the people of Dedan and Tema and Buz; all who cut their hair short;
24. all the kings of Arabia; and the kings of the people who live in the desert;
25. all the kings of Zimri, Elam and Media;
26. and all the kings of the north, near and far, one after the other. I made all the kingdoms on earth drink from the cup of the Lord’s anger. But the king of Babylon will drink from this cup after all the others.