He has left his covert just like a maned young lion, for their land has become an object of astonishment because of the maltreating sword and because of his burning anger.”​—Jer. 25:34-38.

27. What representative of Sheshach is to drink the “cup” last of all?

²⁷ So it is “the king of Sheshach” who will drink the “cup” after them all. The prophecy set out in Jeremiah 51:41 speaks of this as though already accomplished, saying: “O how Sheshach has been captured, and how the Praise of the whole earth gets to be seized! How Babylon has become a mere object of astonishment among the nations!”​—Jer. 25:26; 27:7.

29. How will Jehovah then be like a maned young lion, and to what effect will the “sword” be wielded?

²⁹ To produce such a worldwide “object of astonishment” Jehovah’s anger must be burning very hotly. Never could he be then like a river-valley lion forced out of his lair by the flooding waters of the Jordan River. No, but “Jehovah of armies” must then be like a bold lion leaving his “covert” on the offensive despite the sheepherders of the pasturelands. By means of his Son-Servant, Jesus Christ, he wields the “sword” of the “war of the great day of God the Almighty.” (Jer. 25:30, 38) From the lethal blows of his “maltreating sword” worldly shepherds and majestic ones will never recover!