Jeremiah 25:15–38

¹⁵For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take ^cthe wine cup of this fury at my 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, ⁱan 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 an 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.