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Jeremiah 48:26

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

People of Moab, you claim to be stronger than I am. Now I will tell other nations to make you drunk and to laugh while you collapse in your own vomit.

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This is because they rebelled against God All-Powerful

God is wise and powerful— who could possibly oppose him and win?

In heaven the LORD laughs as he sits on his throne, making fun of the nations.

You, LORD, laugh at them and sneer at the nations.

You brought hard times on your people, and you gave us wine that made us stagger.

You hold in your hand a cup filled with wine, strong and foaming. You will pour out some for every sinful person on this earth, and they will have to drink until it is gone.

“Who is this LORD and why should I obey him?” the king replied. “I refuse to let you and your people go!”

You are still determined not to let the LORD's people go.

King of Assyria, can an axe or a saw overpower the one who uses it? Can a wooden pole lift whoever holds it?

The LORD has confused Egypt; its leaders have made it stagger and vomit like a drunkard.

Their tables are covered, completely covered, with their stinking vomit.

Be shocked and stunned, you prophets! Refuse to see. Get drunk and stagger, but not from wine.

Jerusalem, wake up! Stand up! You've drunk too much from the cup filled with the LORD's anger. You have swallowed every drop, and you can't walk straight.

In my fury I trampled on nations and made them drunk; their blood poured out everywhere on earth.”

Moab lies broken! Listen to its people cry as they turn away in shame. Other nations are horrified at what happened, but still they laugh.

You are finished as a nation, because you dared oppose me, the LORD.

Attack Babylon, enemy archers; set up camp around the city, and don't let anyone escape. It challenged me, the holy God, so do to it what it did to other cities.

And since they are hungry, I will give them a banquet. They will celebrate, get drunk, then fall asleep, never to wake up!

I, the LORD All-Powerful, the true King, promise that the officials and advisers, the governors and leaders and the soldiers of Babylon will get drunk, fall asleep, and never wake up.

Babylon was my golden cup, filled with the wine of my anger. The nations of the world got drunk on this wine and went insane.

Everyone heard my groaning, but no one offered comfort. My enemies know of the trouble that you have brought on me, and it makes them glad. Hurry and punish them, as you have promised.

You people of Edom can celebrate now! But your time will come to suffer and stagger around naked.

This king will do as he pleases. He will proudly claim to be greater than any god and will insult the only true God. Indeed, he will be successful until God is no longer angry with his people.

Instead, you turned against him and ordered the cups from his temple to be brought here, so that you and your wives and officials could drink wine from them. You praised idols made of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, even though they cannot see or hear or think. You refused to worship the God who gives you breath and controls everything you do.

It became so strong that it attacked the stars in the sky, which were heaven's army. Then it threw some of them down to the earth and trampled on them.

Nineveh, now it's your turn! You will get drunk and try to hide from your enemy.

Now you will be disgraced instead of praised. The LORD will make you drunk, and when others see you naked, you will lose their respect.

He will boast and oppose everything that is holy or sacred. He will even sit in God's temple and claim to be God.

The great city of Babylon split into three parts, and the cities of other nations fell. So God made Babylon drink from the wine cup that was filled with his anger.




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