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The Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 25, Verse 18

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Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
King James Version
[To wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as [it is] this day;
American Standard Version
[ 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;
New English Translation
I made Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its officials drink it. I did it so Judah would become a ruin. I did it so Judah, its kings, and its officials would become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, an example used in curses. Such is already becoming the case!
World English Bible
[to wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;
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Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
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And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
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Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
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And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which [are] beyond the sea,
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Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all [that are] in the utmost corners,
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And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
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And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
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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.
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Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
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And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.