[1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in
the fourth year of Jehoi'akim the son of Josi'ah, king of Judah (that was
the first year of Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon), [2] which Jeremiah the
prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem: [3] "For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josi'ah
the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the LORD has come
to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened.
[4] You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the
LORD persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets, [5] saying,
`Turn now, every one of you, from his evil way and wrong doings, and dwell
upon the land which the LORD has given to you and your fathers from of old
and for ever; [6] do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, or
provoke me to anger with the work of your hands. Then I will do you no
harm.' [7] Yet you have not listened to me, says the LORD, that you might
provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm. [8]
"Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: Because you have not obeyed my
words, [9] behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, says the
LORD, and for Nebuchadrez'zar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will
bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these
nations round about; I will utterly destroy them, and make them a horror, a
hissing, and an everlasting reproach. [10] Moreover, I will banish from
them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and
the light of the lamp. [11] This whole land shall become a ruin and a
waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
[12] Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of
Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chalde'ans, for their iniquity,
says the LORD, making the land an everlasting waste. [13] I will bring upon
that land all the words which I have uttered against it, everything written
in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations. [14] For
many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them; and I will
recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands." [15]
Thus the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup
of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.
[16] They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword which
I am sending among them." [17] So I took the cup from the LORD's hand, and
made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it: [18] Jerusalem and
the cities of Judah, its kings and princes, to make them a desolation and a
waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day; [19] Pharaoh king of Egypt,
his servants, his princes, all his people, [20] and all the foreign folk
among them; all the kings of the land of Uz and all the kings of the land
of the Philistines (Ash'kelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod);
[21] Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon; [22] all the kings of Tyre, all the
kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea; [23] Dedan,
Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair; [24] all the kings of
Arabia and all the kings of the mixed tribes that dwell in the desert; [25]
all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
[26] all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another, and all
the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. And after
them the king of Babylon shall drink. [27] "Then you shall say to them,
`Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, be drunk and vomit,
fall and rise no more, because of the sword which I am sending among you.'
[28] "And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then
you shall say to them, `Thus says the LORD of hosts: You must drink! [29]
For behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name,
and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am
summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD
of hosts.' [30] "You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these
words, and say to them: `The LORD will roar from on high, and from his holy
habitation utter his voice; he will roar mightily against his fold, and
shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the
earth. [31] The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth, for the LORD
has an indictment against the nations; he is entering into judgment with
all flesh, and the wicked he will put to the sword, says the LORD.' [32]
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, evil is going forth from nation to
nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the
earth! [33] "And those slain by the LORD on that day shall extend from one
end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or
buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground. [34] "Wail, you
shepherds, and cry, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days
of your slaughter and dispersion have come, and you shall fall like choice
rams. [35] No refuge will remain for the shepherds, nor escape for the
lords of the flock. [36] Hark, the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of
the lords of the flock! For the LORD is despoiling their pasture, [37] and
the peaceful folds are devastated, because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
[38] Like a lion he has left his covert, for their land has become a waste
because of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger."

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