Jeremiah 25

1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),NHEB — Jeremiah 25:1

2 which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:NHEB — Jeremiah 25:2

3 "From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:3

4 The LORD has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them (but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear)NHEB — Jeremiah 25:4

5 saying, 'Return now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forevermore;NHEB — Jeremiah 25:5

6 and do not go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and do not provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:6

7 Yet you have not listened to me,' says the LORD; 'that you may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.'NHEB — Jeremiah 25:7

8 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Because you have not heard my words,NHEB — Jeremiah 25:8

9 look, I will send and take all the families of the north,' says the LORD, 'and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:9

10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:10

11 This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:11

12 It shall happen, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, says the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate forever.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:12

13 I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this scroll, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:13

14 For many nations and great kings shall make bondservants of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.'"NHEB — Jeremiah 25:14

15 For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to me: "Take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:15

16 They shall drink, and reel back and forth, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them."NHEB — Jeremiah 25:16

17 Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:NHEB — Jeremiah 25:17

18 Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its officials, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;NHEB — Jeremiah 25:18

19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his officials, and all his people;NHEB — Jeremiah 25:19

20 and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of the Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;NHEB — Jeremiah 25:20

21 Edom, and Moab, and the people of Ammon;NHEB — Jeremiah 25:21

22 and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;NHEB — Jeremiah 25:22

23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners of their beard cut off;NHEB — Jeremiah 25:23

24 and all the kings of Arabia, [and all the kings of the mixed people] who dwell in the wilderness;NHEB — Jeremiah 25:24

25 and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;NHEB — Jeremiah 25:25

26 and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the surface of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:26

27 "You shall tell them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Drink, and be drunk, vomit, fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you."'NHEB — Jeremiah 25:27

28 It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall tell them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "You shall surely drink.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:28

29 For, look, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth,"' says the LORD of hosts.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:29

30 Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and tell them, 'The LORD will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:30

31 A noise shall come even to the remotest parts of the earth; for the LORD brings charges against the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword,' says the LORD.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:31

32 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Look, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.'NHEB — Jeremiah 25:32

33 The slain of the LORD shall be on that day from all areas of the earth. They shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:33

34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow in dust, you principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and you shall fall like a goodly vessel.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:34

35 The shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:35

36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock. For the LORD lays waste their pasture.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:36

37 The peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of the LORD.NHEB — Jeremiah 25:37

38 He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land has become an astonishment, because of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger."NHEB — Jeremiah 25:38