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.