Jeremiah 25:30–38

³⁰“You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them:

^b“ ‘The Lord will roar from on high,

and from his holy habitation utter his voice;

he will roar mightily against his fold,

^cand shout, like those who tread grapes,

against all the inhabitants of the earth.

³¹The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth,

for ^dthe Lord has an indictment against the nations;

^ehe is entering into judgment with all flesh,

and the wicked he will put to the sword,

declares the Lord.’

³²“Thus says the Lord of hosts:

Behold, disaster is going forth

from nation to nation,

^fand a great tempest is stirring

^gfrom the farthest parts of the earth!

^33h“And those pierced by the Lord on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. ⁱThey shall not be lamented, ^jor gathered, or buried; ^jthey shall be dung on the surface of the ground.

^34k“Wail, ^lyou shepherds, and cry out,

^mand roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,

for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come,

and you shall fall like a choice vessel.

³⁵No refuge will remain ⁿfor the shepherds,

nor escape for the lords of the flock.

³⁶A voice—the cry ⁿof the shepherds,

^oand the wail of the lords of the flock!

For the Lord is laying waste their pasture,

^37pand the peaceful folds are devastated

^qbecause of the fierce anger of the Lord.

³⁸Like a lion ^rhe has left his lair,

for their land has become a waste

because of ^sthe sword of the oppressor,

^qand because of his fierce anger.”