“Then you shall say to them.
‘Thus says Yahweh.
I am about to fill
All the inhabitants of this land
With drunkenness.
This includes
The kings who sit on David’s throne,
The priests,
The prophets,
All the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
I will dash them
One against another.
There will be
Parents and children together.
Says Yahweh.
I will not pity them.
I will not have compassion
When I destroy them.’”
Yahweh explained to Jeremiah that all the wine jars were filled so that everybody in Judah and Jerusalem would get drunk. This would include the kings, priests, prophets, as well as all the individuals in Judah and Jerusalem. Then Yahweh would have them bash each other around, including parents with their children. Yahweh was not going to have any pity on them. He was not going to be compassionate, when he destroyed them. This was a strange way to get rid of them. They would get drunk, so that they would then kill each other.
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