Jeremiah 25:30–35

³⁰“Jeremiah, prophesy against them. Tell them,

“ ‘The Lord will roar from heaven like a lion.

His voice will sound like thunder

from his holy temple there.

He will roar loudly against his land.

He will shout like those who stomp on grapes in winepresses.

He will shout against everyone who lives on earth.

³¹The noise of battle will be heard

from one end of the earth to the other.

That’s because the Lord will bring charges against the nations.

He will judge every human being.

He will kill sinful people with his sword,’ ”

announces the Lord.

³²The Lord who rules over all says,

“Look! Horrible trouble is spreading

from one nation to another.

A mighty storm is rising.

It is coming from a place

that is very far away.”

³³At that time those the Lord kills will be lying around everywhere. They will be found from one end of the earth to the other. No one will sob over them. Their dead bodies will not be gathered up or buried. Instead, they will be like trash lying there on the ground.

³⁴Sob and cry, you shepherds.

Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock.

Your time to be killed has come.

You will fall and be broken to pieces like fine clay pots.

³⁵The shepherds won’t have any place to run to.

The leaders of the flock won’t be able to escape.