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;
02 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all
the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, saying,
03 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.
04 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.
05 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:
06 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.
07 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.
08 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts;
Because ye have not heard my words,
09 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;
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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.
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