The word that came
to Jeremiah
concerning
all
the people
of Judah
, in the afourth
year
of bJehoiakim
the son
of Josiah
, king
of Judah
(that was the cfirst
year
of Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon
),
which Jeremiah
the prophet
spoke
to all
the apeople
of Judah
and to all
the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
, saying
,
"From the athirteenth year
of bJosiah
the son
of Amon
, king
of Judah
, even to this
day
, 1these
ctwenty-three
years
the word
of the LORD
has come
to me, and I have spoken
to you 2 dagain
and again
, but you have not listened
.
"And the LORD has sent
to you all
His aservants
the prophets
1again
and again
, but you have not listened
nor
inclined
your ear
to hear
,
saying, ` aTurn
now
everyone
from his evil
way
and from the evil
of your deeds
, and dwell
on the land
which
the LORD
has given
to you and your forefathers
bforever
and ever
;
and ado not go after
other
gods
to 1serve
them and to 2worship
them, and do not provoke
Me to anger
with the work
of your hands
, and I will do
you no
harm
.'
"Yet you have not listened to Me," declares
the LORD
, "in order
that you might aprovoke
Me to anger
with the work
of your hands
to your own harm
.
"Therefore thus
says
the LORD
of hosts
, `Because
you have not obeyed
My words
,
behold, I will asend
and take
all
the families
of the north
,' declares
the LORD
, `and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon
, bMy servant
, and will bring
them against
this
land
and against
its inhabitants
and against
all
these
nations
round
about
; and I will 1utterly
destroy
them and cmake
them a horror
and a hissing
, and an everlasting
desolation
.
`Moreover, I will 1 atake from them the voice
of joy
and the voice
of gladness
, the voice
of the bridegroom
and the voice
of the bride
, the bsound
of the millstones
and the light
of the lamp
.
` aThis whole
land
will be a desolation
and a horror
, and these
nations
will serve
the king
of Babylon
bseventy
years
.
`Then it will be awhen seventy years
are completed
I will bpunish
the king
of Babylon
and that nation
,' declares
the LORD
, `for their iniquity
, and the land
of the Chaldeans
; and cI will make
it an everlasting
desolation
.
`I will bring upon that land
all
My words
which
I have pronounced
against
it, all
that is written
in athis
book
which
Jeremiah
has prophesied
against
ball
the nations
.
`( 1For amany nations
and great
kings
will make
slaves
of them, even
them; and I will brecompense
them according to their deeds
and according to the work
of their hands
.)' "
For thus the LORD
, the God
of Israel
, says
to me, "Take
this
acup
of the wine
of wrath
from My hand
and cause all
the nations
to whom
I send
you to drink
it.
"They will adrink and stagger
and go
mad
because
of the sword
that I will send
among
them."
Then I took the cup
from the LORD'S
hand
and amade all
the nations
to whom
the LORD
sent
me drink
it:
aJerusalem and the cities
of Judah
and its kings
and its princes
, to make
them a ruin
, a horror
, a hissing
and a curse
, as it is this
day
;
aPharaoh king
of Egypt
, his servants
, his princes
and all
his people
;
and all the 1 aforeign
people
, all
the kings
of the bland
of Uz
, all
the kings
of the land
of the cPhilistines
(even Ashkelon
, Gaza
, Ekron
and the remnant
of dAshdod
);
aEdom, bMoab
and the sons
of cAmmon
;
and all the kings
of aTyre
, all
the kings
of Sidon
and the kings
of bthe coastlands
which
are beyond
the sea
;
and aDedan, Tema
, bBuz
and all
who ccut
the corners
of their hair;
and all the kings
of aArabia
and all
the kings
of the 1 bforeign
people
who dwell
in the desert
;
and all the kings
of Zimri
, all
the kings
of aElam
and all
the kings
of bMedia
;
and all the kings
of the north
, near
and far
, one
with another
; and aall
the kingdoms
of the earth
which
are upon the face
of the ground
, and the king
of 1 bSheshach
shall drink
after
them.
"You shall say to them, `Thus
says
the LORD
of hosts
, the God
of Israel
, " aDrink
, be drunk
, vomit
, fall
and rise
no
more because
of the bsword
which
I will send
among
you."'
"And it will be, if they arefuse
to take
the cup
from your hand
to drink
, then you will say
to them, `Thus
says
the LORD
of hosts
: " bYou shall surely
drink
!
"For behold, I am abeginning
to work
calamity
in this city
which
is bcalled
by My name
, and shall you be completely
free
from punishment
? You will not be free
from punishment
; for cI am summoning
a sword
against
all
the inhabitants
of the earth
," declares
the LORD
of hosts
.'
"Therefore you shall prophesy against
them all
these
words
, and you shall say
to them, `The aLORD
will broar
from on high
And utter
His voice
from His holy
habitation
; He will roar
mightily
against
His 1fold
. He will shout
like those who tread
the grapes, Against
all
the inhabitants
of the earth
.
`A clamor has come
to the end
of the earth
, Because
the LORD
has aa controversy
with the nations
. He is entering
into bjudgment
with all
flesh
; As for the wicked
, He has given
them to the sword
,' declares
the LORD
."
Thus says
the LORD
of hosts
, "Behold
, evil
is going
forth
From anation
to nation
, And a great
bstorm
is being stirred
up From the remotest
parts
of the earth
.
"Those aslain by the LORD
on that day
will be from one end
of the earth
to the 1other
. They will bnot be lamented
, gathered
or buried
; they will be like cdung
on the face
of the ground
.
"Wail, you shepherds
, and cry
; And awallow
in ashes, you masters
of the flock
; For the days
of your bslaughter
and your dispersions
1have come
, And you will fall
like a choice
vessel
.
" aFlight will perish
from the shepherds
, And escape
from the masters
of the flock
.
"Hear the sound of the cry
of the shepherds
, And the wailing
of the masters
of the flock
! For the LORD
is destroying
their pasture
,
"And the peaceful 1 afolds
are made
silent
Because
of the bfierce
anger
of the LORD
.
"He has left His hiding
place
alike the lion
; For their land
has become
a horror
Because
of the fierceness
of the 1oppressing
sword And because
of His fierce
anger
."