Jeremiah 25

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

2 So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows:

3 “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

4 And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.

5 The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

6 Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’

7 ‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’

8 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words,

9 behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

10 Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

11 And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

12 But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.

13 I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

14 For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”

15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

16 And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”

17 So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,

18 to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;

19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;

20 all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

21 Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;

22 all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;

23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;

24 all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;

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

26 all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.

27 “Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’

28 If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it!

29 For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’

30 So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.

31 The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.

32 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”

33 Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.

34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.

35 Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.

36 Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

37 The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.

38 He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

1 ¶ The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that [was] the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,

3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that [is] the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them]; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:

6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

8 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,

9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.

11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, [that] I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, [even] all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.

14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

15 ¶ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

17 Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:

18 [To wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as [it is] this day;

19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

20 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,

21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,

22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which [are] beyond the sea,

23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all [that are] in the utmost corners,

24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,

25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which [are] upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.

29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

30 ¶ Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.

31 A noise shall come [even] to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them [that are] wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from [one] end of the earth even unto the [other] end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.

34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves [in the ashes], ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, [shall be heard]: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.

37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

1 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah (which is the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),

2 Which also Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and unto all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah the word of the LORD came unto me unto this day, and I have preached unto you twenty and three years with diligence; but ye would not hear.

4 Even so hath the LORD sent unto you all his servants the prophets diligently: but ye have never hearkened, nor inclined your ears to obey,

5 Saying, Turn ye every man from his wicked way, and from your wickedness; and ye shall dwell in the land which the LORD hath given you, and to your fathers, for ever and ever.

6 Follow not other gods, to serve them, and to worship them; lest ye provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, and I bring evil upon you.

7 But ye would not hearken unto me, saith the LORD, that ye might provoke me to anger by the work of your hands, to your own hurt.

8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye will not hear my words,

9 Behold, I will send and bring all nations northward, saith the LORD, even Nebuchadnezzar my servant the king of Babylon; and I will bring them upon this land, and upon them that dwell therein, and upon all this people that are round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them a mockery, and an everlasting desolation.

10 And I will take out all joyful singing, the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride, the voice of the mills, and the light of the lantern,

11 And all this land shall lie desolate and waste. And these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. And these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

12 And it shall come to pass, when the seventy years are expired, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and all this people, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it an everlasting desolation.

13 So will I bring upon this land all my words which I have spoken against them, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all nations.

14 And they also shall serve, though they be great nations, and great kings. So will I recompense them according to their merit, and according to the works of their hands.

15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me, Take this cup of wine full of wrath out of mine hand, and pour it out unto all the nations to whom I send thee;

16 And they shall drink, and stagger, and be mad before the sword that I will send among them.

17 And I took the cup from the hand of the LORD, and gave to all the nations whither the LORD sent me,

18 To wit, Jerusalem, the cities of Judah, their kings, and their princes, to lie desolate and ruined, and to be a mockery and a curse, as it is this day;

19 Even Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

20 To all the countries westward, to all the kings of the land of Uz, to all the kings of the land of Palestine, to Ascalon, and to Gaza, and to Aaron, and to the rest of Ashdod;

21 To them of Edom, to them of Moab, to the children of Ammon;

22 To all the kings of Tyre, to all the kings of Zidon, to the kings of the isles beyond the sea;

23 those of Dedan, those of Thema, those of Bus, and all the princes in the places;

24 To all the kings of Arabia, to all the kings toward the west, that dwell in the wilderness;

25 All the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, all the kings of Media;

26 To all the kings toward the north, both near and far, one with another, and to all the kings upon him that are upon the face of the earth. And king Seshach shall drink after these.

27 And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink, that ye may be drunken, and drink, and fall down, and not rise up before the sword that I will send among you.

28 And if they will not take the cup from thine hand, and drink, say unto them: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Now drink ye.

29 For, behold, in the city that is called by my name I began to afflict, and ye shall go unpunished? Ye shall not go unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all them that dwell upon the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

30 And thou shalt prophesy all these words unto them, and shalt say unto them: The LORD shall roar from on high, and shall cause his thunder to be heard from his holy habitation; he shall roar over his hurdles; he shall sing a song, as the treaders of wine, over all the inhabitants of the land, which shall resound unto the end of the earth.

31 The LORD is right with the heathen, and will execute judgment upon all flesh: he will deliver up the wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

32 Thus saith the LORD Zeboath; Behold, there shall be a plague from nation to nation, and great weather shall be raised up from the side of the land.

33 Then shall the slain of the LORD lie in that day from the one end of the earth even unto the other end: they shall not be lamented, nor taken up, nor buried, but shall lie in the field, and become dung.

34 Hay therefore, ye shepherds, and cry out; roll yourselves in the ashes, ye mighty over the flock. For the time is here, that ye should be slain, and be scattered, and fall to pieces, as a precious vessel.

35 And the shepherds shall not be able to flee, neither shall the mighty over the flock be able to escape.

36 Then shall the shepherds cry, and the mighty men of the flock shall howl, because the LORD hath spoiled their pasture,

37 And their pastures, which were good, are corrupt before the fierce anger of the LORD.

38 He hath forsaken his tabernacle like a young lion: and their land is destroyed from the wrath of the tyrant, and from his fierce anger.