¹⁶ When they drink it, they will walk like people who are drunk. They will seem to be crazy, because they know that I will send armies to attack them.’

¹⁷ So I took the cup from the Lord's hand. In my vision, I took it to the nations where the Lord sent me. I made them drink the wine of his punishment. ¹⁸ I went to Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah. I made the people of Judah, its kings and its officers drink from the cup. It was to destroy them all. Judah would become a terrible place. People would see that its people are very foolish. They would use their name as a curse. That is already happening today.