Jeremiah 25:30–38

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

The Lord will roar from on high

and from his holy habitation utter his voice;

he will roar mightily against his fold

and shout like those who tread grapes

against all the inhabitants of the earth.^*

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

for the Lord has an indictment against the nations;

he is entering into judgment with all flesh,

and the guilty he will put to the sword,

says the Lord.^*

³²Thus says the Lord of hosts:

See, disaster is spreading

from nation to nation,

and a great tempest is stirring

from the farthest parts of the earth!

³³Those slain by the Lord on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented or gathered or buried; they shall become dung on the surface of the ground.^*

³⁴Wail, you shepherds, and cry out;

roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,

for the days of your slaughter have come—and your dispersions,^f

and you shall fall like a choice vessel.^*

³⁵Flight shall fail the shepherds,

and there shall be no escape for the lords of the flock.

³⁶Listen! The cry of the shepherds

and the wail of the lords of the flock!

For the Lord is despoiling their pasture,

³⁷and the peaceful folds are devastated

because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

³⁸Like a lion he has left his den,

for their land has become a waste

because of the cruel anger

and because of his fierce anger.