Jeremiah 25

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah ^ain the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; ²the which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ^3bFrom 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, ^crising early and speaking; ^dbut ye have not hearkened. ⁴And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, ^crising early and sending them; ^dbut ye have not hearkened, nor ^einclined your ear to hear. ⁵They said, ^fTurn ye again now every one ^gfrom his evil way, and ^gfrom the evil of your doings, and ^hdwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers ^hfor ever and ever: ⁶and ⁱgo not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and ^kprovoke me not to anger with ^lthe works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. ⁷Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord; that ye might ^kprovoke me to anger with ^lthe works of your hands to your own hurt.

⁸Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, ⁹Behold, I will send and take all ^mthe families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, ⁿmy servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and ^tagainst all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them ^oan astonishment, and ^oa hissing, and perpetual desolations. ¹⁰Moreover I will take from them ^pthe voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, ^qrthe sound of the millstones, and ^rthe light of the candle. ¹¹And this whole land shall be ^sa desolation, and ^oan astonishment; and ^tthese nations shall serve the king of Babylon ^useventy years. ¹²And it shall come to pass, ^vwhen 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 ^wwill make it perpetual desolations. ¹³And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written ^xin this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. ¹⁴For ^yzmany nations and ^yzgreat kings ^yashall serve themselves of them also: and ^bI will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

¹⁵For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take ^cthe wine cup of this fury at mine hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. ¹⁶And ^dthey shall drink, and ^ebe moved, and be ^dfmad, ^ffbecause of the sword that I will send among them. ¹⁷Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and ^gmade all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me: ¹⁸to wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them ^ha desolation, ⁱan astonishment, ⁱa hissing, and ^ja curse; as it is this day; ^19kPharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; ²⁰and all ^lthe mingled people, and all the kings of ^mthe land of ^mUz, and all the kings of the land of ⁿthe Philistines, and ^noAshkelon, and ^npAzzah, and ^qEkron, and ^rthe remnant of Ashdod: ^21swEdom, and ^twMoab, and the children of ^uwAmmon, ²²and all the kings of ^vwTyrus, and all the kings of ^vwZidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond ^xthe sea, ^23yDedan, and ^zTema, and ^aBuz, and all that are in the utmost corners, ²⁴and ^call the kings of ^dArabia, and all the kings of ^ethe mingled people ^fthat dwell in the desert, ²⁵and all the kings of ^gZimri, and all the kings of ^hElam, and all the kings of ⁱthe Medes, ²⁶and all the kings of ^jthe 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 ^kSheshach shall drink after them. ²⁷Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; ^lmDrink ye, and ⁿbe drunken, and ^mspue, and fall, and rise no more, ^obecause of the sword which I will send among you. ²⁸And it shall be, if they refuse to ^ltake the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; ^pYe shall certainly drink. ²⁹For lo, I ^qbegin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and ^pshould ye be utterly unpunished? ^pYe shall not be unpunished: for ^rI will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts. ³⁰Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them,

^sThe Lord shall roar from on high,

And ^tutter his voice from ^uhis holy habitation;

He shall mightily roar upon ^vhis habitation;

He shall give a ^wshout, as they that ^xtread the grapes,

Against all the inhabitants of the earth.

³¹A noise shall come even to ^wthe ends of the earth;

For ^ythe Lord hath a controversy with the nations,

^zHe will plead with all flesh;

He will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.

³²Thus saith the Lord of hosts,

Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation,

And ^aa great whirlwind ^bshall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

³³And ^cthe slain of the Lord shall be at that day

From one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth:

^dThey shall not be lamented, ^eneither gathered, ^denor buried;

^eThey shall be dung upon the ground.

^34fHowl, ^gye shepherds, and cry;

And wallow yourselves ^hin 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.

³⁵And ^gthe shepherds shall have no way to flee,

Nor the principal of the flock to escape.

³⁶A voice of the cry of ^gthe shepherds,

And a howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard:

For the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.

³⁷And ⁱthe peaceable habitations ^kare cut down

^lBecause of the fierce anger of the Lord.

³⁸He hath forsaken ^mhis covert, as ⁿthe lion:

For their land is desolate

Because of the fierceness of ^othe oppressor,

And ^lbecause of his fierce anger.

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