They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, basins, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.

the people of Dedan, Tema, Buz, all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples;

the foreigners living in Egypt; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of the Philistines, the people of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, the people who had been left alive from Ashdod;

The captain of the royal guard took the gold and silver bowls, censers, basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and vessels.

I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh, king of Egypt; his attendants, his officials, his people,

all the kings of Zimri; all the kings of Elam; all the kings of Media;

all the people of Edom, Moab, Ammon;

They also led off all the men, women, children, and royal princesses that Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, had left with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. This included the prophet Jeremiah and Baruch son of Neriah.

all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon; all the kings of the coastlands along the sea;

So I went and got Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah the grandson of Habazziniah, his brothers, all his sons, and all the rest of the Rechabite community.

The Babylonians burned down the royal palace, the temple of the Lord, and the people’s homes, and they tore down the wall of Jerusalem.

He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.

I will kill everything living in Jerusalem, people and animals alike! They will die from terrible diseases.

all the kings of Arabia who live in the desert;

The Lord says, “When that time comes, the bones of the kings of Judah and its leaders, the bones of the priests and prophets and of all the other people who lived in Jerusalem will be dug up from their graves.

Then tell them, ‘The Lord says, “I will soon fill all the people who live in this land with stupor. I will also fill the kings from David’s dynasty, the priests, the prophets, and the citizens of Jerusalem with stupor.

Have you forgotten all the wicked things that have been done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem by your ancestors, by the kings of Judah and their wives, by you and your wives?

From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal, has taken away all that our ancestors worked for. It has taken away our flocks and our herds, and even our sons and daughters.

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!

I will also hand King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials over to their enemies who want to kill them. I will hand them over to the army of the king of Babylon, even though they have temporarily withdrawn from attacking you.