3. From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah right up to the present day—twenty-three years it’s been!—God’s Word has come to me, and from early each morning to late every night I’ve passed it on to you. And you haven’t listened to a word of it!
7. “You refused to listen to any of this, and now I am really angry. These god-making businesses of yours are your doom.”
27. “Tell them, ‘These are orders from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel: Drink and get drunk and vomit. Fall on your faces and don’t get up again. You’re slated for a massacre.’
28. “If any of them refuse to take the cup from you and drink it, say to them, ‘God-of-the-Angel-Armies has ordered you to drink. So drink!
29. “‘Prepare for the worst! I’m starting off the catastrophe in the city that I claim as my own, so don’t think you are going to get out of it. No, you’re not getting out of anything. It’s the sword and nothing but the sword against everyone everywhere!’” The God-of-the-Angel-Armies’ Decree.
30-31. “Preach it all, Jeremiah. Preach the entire Message to them. Say:“‘God roars like a lion from high heaven;thunder rolls out from his holy dwelling—Ear-splitting bellows against his people,shouting hurrahs like workers in harvest.The noise reverberates all over the earth;everyone everywhere hears it.God makes his case against the godless nations.He’s about to put the human race on trial.For the wicked the verdict is clear-cut:death by the sword.’” God’s Decree.
32. A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies:“Prepare for the worst! Doomsday!Disaster is spreading from nation to nation.A huge storm is about to rageall across planet Earth.”