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, that was the
first year of
Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon; 2 The which
Jeremiah the
prophet spake unto all the
people of
Judah, and to all the
inhabitants of
Jerusalem, saying,
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.
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.
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: 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.
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. 8 Therefore thus
saith the
LORD of
hosts; Because ye have not
heard my
words, 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. 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. 11 And this whole
land shall be a
desolation, and an
astonishment; and these
nations shall
serve the
king of
Babylon seventy years. 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. 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. 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. 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.
16 And they shall
drink, and be
moved, and be
mad,
because of the
sword that I will
send among them.
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:
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; 19 Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and his
servants, and his
princes, and all his
people; 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, 21 Edom, and
Moab, and the
children of
Ammon, 22 And all the
kings of
Tyrus, and all the
kings of
Zidon, and the
kings of the
isles which are
beyond the
sea, 23 Dedan, and
Tema, and
Buz, and all that are in the
utmost corners, 24 And all the
kings of
Arabia, and all the
kings of the mingled
people that
dwell in the
desert, 25 And all the
kings of
Zimri, and all the
kings of
Elam, and all the
kings of the
Medes, 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.
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.
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.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 35 And the
shepherds shall have no
way to
flee, nor the
principal of the
flock to
escape. 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. 37 And the
peaceable habitations are cut
down because of the
fierce anger of the
LORD. 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.