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| 18 Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin and an object of horror and scorn and cursing, as they are today; | 18 Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin and an object of horror and scorn and cursing, as they are today; |
| 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials and all his people, | 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials and all his people, |
| 20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines (those of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); | 20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines (those of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); |
| 21 Edom, Moab and Ammon; | 21 Edom, Moab and Ammon; |
| 22 all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea; | 22 all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea; |
| 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who are in distant places; | 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who are in distant places; |
| 24 all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who live in the desert; | 24 all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who live in the desert; |
| 25 all the kings of Zimri, Elam and Media; | 25 all the kings of Zimri, Elam and Media; |
| 26 and all the kings of the north, near and far, one after the other--all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too. | 26 and all the kings of the north, near and far, one after the other--all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too. |
| 27 "Then tell them, 'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword I will send among you.' | 27 "Then tell them, 'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword I will send among you.' |
| 28 But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink, tell them, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: You must drink it! | 28 But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink, tell them, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: You must drink it! |
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