Jeremiah 25:15–38

Judgment on the Nations

¹⁵For thus says the Lord God of Israel to me: “Take this ^twine cup of ³fury from My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. ¹⁶And ^uthey will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”

¹⁷Then I took the cup from the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the Lord had sent me: ¹⁸Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its princes, to make them ^va desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and ^wa curse, as it is this day; ¹⁹Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people; ²⁰all the mixed multitude, all the kings of ^xthe land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the ^yPhilistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and ^zthe remnant of Ashdod); ^21aEdom, Moab, and the people of Ammon; ²²all the kings of ^bTyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the ^csea; ^23dDedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners; ²⁴all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the ^emixed multitude who dwell in the desert; ²⁵all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of ^fElam, and all the kings of the ^gMedes; ^26hall the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. Also the king of ⁴Sheshach shall drink after them.

²⁷“Therefore you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ⁱ“Drink, ^jbe drunk, and vomit! Fall and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.” ’ ²⁸And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “You shall certainly drink! ²⁹For behold, ^kI begin to bring calamity on the city ^lwhich is called by My name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished, for ^mI will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth,” says the Lord of hosts.’

³⁰“Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them:

‘The Lord will ⁿroar from on high,

And utter His voice from ^oHis holy habitation;

He will roar mightily against ^pHis fold.

He will give ^qa shout, as those who tread the grapes,

Against all the inhabitants of the earth.

³¹A noise will come to the ends of the earth—

For the Lord has ^ra controversy with the nations;

^sHe will plead His case with all flesh.

He will give those who are wicked to the sword,’ says the Lord.”

³²Thus says the Lord of hosts:

“Behold, disaster shall go forth

From nation to nation,

And ^ta great whirlwind shall be raised up

From the farthest parts of the earth.

^33u“And at that day the slain of the Lord shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall not be ^vlamented, ^wor gathered, or buried; they shall become refuse on the ground.

³⁴“Wail, ^xshepherds, and cry!

Roll about in the ashes,

You leaders of the flock!

For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled;

You shall fall like a precious vessel.

³⁵And the shepherds will have no ⁵way to flee,

Nor the leaders of the flock to escape.

³⁶A voice of the cry of the shepherds,

And a wailing of the leaders to the flock will be heard.

For the Lord has plundered their pasture,

³⁷And the peaceful dwellings are cut down

Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

³⁸He has left His lair like the lion;

For their land is desolate

Because of the fierceness of the Oppressor,

And because of His fierce anger.”