JER-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,
that [was] the
first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
JER-25:2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the
people of Judah,
and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
JER-25:3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon
king of Judah,
even unto this day, that [is] the three and twentieth year, the
word of the
LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early
and speaking;
but ye have not hearkened.
JER-25:4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the
prophets,
rising early and sending [them]; but ye have not hearkened, nor
inclined your
ear to hear.
JER-25:5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil
way, and from
the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD
hath given unto
you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
JER-25:6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to
worship them, and
provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will
do you no
hurt.
JER-25:7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD;
that ye might
provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own
hurt.
JER-25:8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye
have not heard my
words,
JER-25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the
north, saith
the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant,
and will bring
them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and
against all
these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and
make them an
astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
JER-25:10 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 candle.
JER-25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an
astonishment;
and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
JER-25:12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are
accomplished,
[that] I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith
the LORD, for
their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it
perpetual
desolations.
JER-25:13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I
have
pronounced against it, [even] all that is written in this book,
which Jeremiah
hath prophesied against all the nations.
JER-25:14 For many nations and great kings shall serve
themselves of them
also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and
according to
the works of their own hands.
JER-25:15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take
the wine cup of
this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send
thee, to drink
it.
JER-25:16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad,
because of the
sword that I will send among them.
JER-25:17 Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all
the nations to
drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
JER-25:18 [To wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the
kings
thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an
astonishment,
an hissing, and a curse; as [it is] this day;
JER-25:19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his
princes, and all
his people;
JER-25:20 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the
land of Uz,
and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon,
and Azzah, and
Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
JER-25:21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
JER-25:22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of
Zidon, and the
kings of the isles which [are] beyond the sea,
JER-25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all [that are] in the
utmost corners,
JER-25:24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the
mingled
people that dwell in the desert,
JER-25:25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam,
and all the
kings of the Medes,
JER-25:26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one
with another, and
all the kingdoms of the world, which [are] upon the face of the
earth: and the
king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
JER-25:27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts,
the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall,
and rise no
more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
JER-25:28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at
thine hand to
drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of
hosts; Ye shall
certainly drink.
JER-25:29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is
called by my
name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be
unpunished: for I
will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth,
saith the LORD of
hosts.
JER-25:30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words,
and say unto
them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from
his holy
habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall
give a shout,
as they that tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of
the earth.
JER-25:31 A noise shall come [even] to the ends of the earth;
for the LORD
hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all
flesh; he will
give them [that are] wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
JER-25:32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go
forth from
nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from
the coasts of
the earth.
JER-25:33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from
[one] end of
the earth even unto the [other] end of the earth: they shall not
be lamented,
neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
JER-25:34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves
[in the ashes],
ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of
your
dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant
vessel.
JER-25:35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the
principal of
the flock to escape.
JER-25:36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling
of the
principal of the flock, [shall be heard]: for the LORD hath
spoiled their
pasture.
JER-25:37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of
the fierce
anger of the LORD.
JER-25:38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their
land is
desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because
of his fierce
anger.
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