⁹ I will summon^(A) all the peoples of the north^(B) and my servant^(C) Nebuchadnezzar^(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy^[a](E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,^(F) and an everlasting ruin.^{(G) 10} I will banish from them the sounds^(H) of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom,^(I) the sound of millstones^(J) and the light of the lamp.^{(K) 11} This whole country will become a desolate wasteland,^(L) and these nations will serve^(M) the king of Babylon seventy years.^(N)

¹² “But when the seventy years^(O) are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon^(P) and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,^[b] for their guilt,” declares the Lord, “and will make it desolate^(Q) forever. ¹³ I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written^(R) in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. ¹⁴ They themselves will be enslaved^(S) by many nations^(T) and great kings; I will repay^(U) them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”

The Cup of God’s Wrath

¹⁵ This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup^(V) filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send^(W) you drink it. ¹⁶ When they drink^(X) it, they will stagger^(Y) and go mad^(Z) because of the sword^(AA) I will send among them.”

¹⁷ So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent^(AB) me drink it: ¹⁸ Jerusalem^(AC) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin^(AD) and an object of horror and scorn,^(AE) a curse^[c](AF)—as they are today;^{(AG) 19} Pharaoh king^(AH) of Egypt,^(AI) his attendants, his officials and all his people, ²⁰ and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;^(AJ) all the kings of the Philistines^(AK) (those of Ashkelon,^(AL) Gaza,^(AM) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); ²¹ Edom,^(AN) Moab^(AO) and Ammon;^(AP)

³ Then send^(A) word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon,^(B) Tyre and Sidon^(C) through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

⁶ Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant^(A) Nebuchadnezzar^(B) king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.^(C)