25:1 THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAS
concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Joakim, son of
Josias, king of Judah;
25:2 which he spoke to all the people of Judah, and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, saying,
25:3 In the thirteenth year of Josias, son of Amos, king of Judah, even until
this day for three and twenty years, I have both spoken to you, rising early
and speaking,
25:4 and I sent to you my servants the prophets, sending them early; (but ye
hearkened not, and listened not with your ears;) saying,
25:5 Turn ye every one from his evil way, and from your evil practices, and
ye shall dwell in the land which I gave to you and your fathers, of old and
for ever.
25:6 Go ye not after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them, that
ye provoke me not by the works of your hands, to do you hurt.
25:7 But ye hearkened not to me.
25:8 Therefore thus saith Yehovah; Since ye believed not my words,
25:9 behold I [will] send and take a family from the north, and will bring
them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all
the nations round about it, and I will make them utterly waste, and make
them a desolation, and a hissing, and an everlasting reproach.
25:10 And I will destroy from [among] them the voice of joy, and the voice
of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the
scent of ointment, and the light of a candle.
25:11 And all the land shall be a desolation; and they shall serve among the
Gentiles seventy years.
25:12 And when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will take vengeance on
that nation, and will make them a perpetual desolation.
25:13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have spoken
against it, [even] all things that are written in this book.
25:14
25:15 Thus said Yehovah Elohim of Israel; Take the cup of this unmixed wine
from mine hand, and thou shalt cause all the nations to drink, to whom I
send thee.
25:16 And they shall drink, and vomit, and be mad, because of the sword
which I send among them.
25:17 So I took the cup out of Yehovah's hand, and caused the nations to
whom Yehovah sent me to drink:
25:18 Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings of Judah, and his
princes, to make them a desert place, a desolation, and a hissing;
25:19 andPharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his nobles, and all
his people;
25:20 and all the mingled [people], and all the kings of the Philistines,
and Ascalon, and Gaza, and Accaron, and the remnant of Azotus,
25:21 and Idumea, and the land of Moab, and the children of Ammon,
25:22 and the kings of Tyre, and the kings of Sidon, and the kings in the
[country] beyond the sea,
25:23 and Daedan, and Thaeman, and Ros, and every one that is shaved round
about the face,
25:24 and all the mingled [people] lodging in the wilderness,
25:25 and all the kings of Aelam, and all the kings of the Persians,
25:26 and all the kings from the north, the far and the near, each one with
his brother, and all the kingdom s which are on the face of the earth.
25:27 And thou shalt say to them, Thus said Yehovah Almighty; Drink ye, be
ye drunken; and ye shall vomit, and shall fall, and shall in nowise rise,
because of the sword which I send among you.
25:28 And it shall come to pass, when they refuse to take the cup out of
thine hand, to drink it, that thou shalt say, Thus said Yehovah; Ye shall
surely drink.
25:29 For I am beginning to afflict the city whereon my name is called, and
ye shall by no means be held guiltless: for I am calling a sword upon all
that dwell upon the earth.
25:30 And thou shalt prophesy against them these words, and shalt say, The
Lord shall speak from on high, from his sanctuary he will utter his voice;
he will pronounce a declaration on his place; and these shall answer like
men gathering grapes: and destruction is coming on them that dwell on the
earth,
25:31 [even] upon [the extreme] part of the earth; for Yehovah [has] a
controversy with the nations, he is pleading with all flesh, and the ungodly
are given to the sword, saith Yehovah.
25:32 Thus said Yehovah; Behold, evils are proceeding from nation to
nation, and a great whirlwind goes forth from the end of the earth.
25:33 And the slain of Yehovah shall be in the day of Yehovah from [one]
end of the earth even to the [other] end of the earth: they shall not be
buried; they shall be as dung on the face of the earth.
25:34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and lament, ye rams of the flock: for
your days have been completed for slaughter, and ye shall fall as the choice
rams.
25:35 And flight shall perish from the shepherds, and safety from the rams
of the flock.
25:36 A voice of the crying of the shepherds, and a moaning of the sheep and
the rams: for Yehovah has destroyed their pastures.
25:37 And the peaceable abodes that remain shall be destroyed before the
fierceness of my anger.
25:38 He has forsaken his lair, as a lion: for their land is become desolate
before the great sword. |
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;
25:2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and
to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
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 Yehovah
hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking;
but ye have not hearkened.
25:4 And Yehovah 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.
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 Yehovah hath given unto you
and to your fathers for ever and ever:
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.
25:7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Yehovah; that ye might
provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
25:8 Therefore thus saith Yehovah of hosts; Because ye have not heard my
words,
25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the
Yehovah, 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.
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.
25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and
these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
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 Yehovah, for their
iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual
desolations.
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.
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.
25:15 For thus saith Yehovah Elohim 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.
25:16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword
that I will send among them.
25:17 Then took I the cup at Yehovah's hand, and made all the nations to
drink, unto whom Yehovah had sent me:
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;
25:19Pharaohh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his
people;
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,
25:21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
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,
25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
25:24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people
that dwell in the desert,
25:25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the
kings of the Medes,
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.
25:27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Yehovah of hosts, the
Elohim 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.
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 Yehovah of hosts; Ye shall
certainly drink.
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 Yehovah of
hosts.
25:30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto
them, Yehovah 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.
25:31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for Yehovah hath a
controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give
them that are wicked to the sword, saith Yehovah.
25:32 Thus saith Yehovah 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.
25:33 And the slain of Yehovah 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.
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.
25:35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the
flock to escape.
25:36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal
of the flock, shall be heard: for Yehovah hath spoiled their pasture.
25:37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger
of Yehovah.
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. |