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Jeremiah chapter 25 verses 17 through 26. So this is a bit of a longer passage, but

well you'll see why I want to lead us to pray according to it. Jeremiah says,

So I took the cup from the Lord's hand and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it.

Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah, its kings and officials to make them a desolation in the

waste, a hissing and a curse as at this day. Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials,

all his people, and all the mixed tribes among them. All the kings of the land of Uz and all the

kings of the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of Ashdod,

Edom, Moab and the sons of Ammon, all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Siden,

and the kings of the coastlands across the sea, Deedon, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of

their hair, all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert,

all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media, all the kings of the

north, far and near one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of

the earth, and after them the king of Babylon shall drink. So this is a list of nations and tribes

and their leaders whom God has said, take my cup of wrath and judgment and make all the nations

to whom I send you drink it. Says in verse 16 right before this, they shall drink and stagger and

be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them. And the reason I read this long list

of kings and people groups and nations and tribes is because it's a clear reminder to us that

every leader in the world, every nation in the world needs the mercy of God and every leader in

the world will one day stand before God as judge and ruler and ultimate lord and king and

they will give an account to him. There is nothing we see happening in the world right now that

will not one day be judged by God, which means every single one of these leaders, every single one

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