12 Jeremiah, tell the people of Judah, “The Lord God of Israel orders you to fill your wine jars with wine.”They will answer, “Of course we fill our wine jars with wine! Why are you telling us something we already know?”
13 Then say to them:I am the Lord, and what I'm going to do will make everyone in Judah and Jerusalem appear to be full of wine. And the worst ones will be the kings of David's family and the priests and the prophets.
14 Then I will smash them against each other like jars. I will have no pity on the young or the old, and they will all be destroyed. I, the Lord, have spoken.
15 People of Judah,don't be too proud to listento what the Lord has said.
16 You hope for light,but God is sending darkness.Evening shadows already deepenin the hills.So return to Godand confess your sins to himbefore you trip and fall.
17 If you are too proud to listen,I will weep alone.Tears will stream from my eyeswhen the Lord's peopleare taken away as prisoners.
18 The Lord told me to tell youthat your king and his mothermust surrender their thronesand remove their crowns.