^{15 Ref} For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

^{16 Ref} And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

^{17 Ref} Then took I the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:

^{18 Ref} `to wit', Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

^{19 Ref} Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

^{20 Ref} and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of the Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

^{21 Ref} Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;

^{22 Ref} and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;

^{23 Ref} Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners `of their hair' cut off;

^{24 Ref} and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the wilderness;

^{25 Ref} and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;

^{26 Ref} and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

^{27 Ref} And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

^{28 Ref} And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall surely drink.

^{29 Ref} For, lo, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.

^{30 Ref} Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as they that tread `the grapes', against all the inhabitants of the earth.