Jeremiah 25
25[This is] the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah (which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon).H1697H3414H5971H3063H7243H8141H3079H1121H2977H4428H3063H7224H8141H5019H4428H8942The prophet Jeremiah spoke concerning all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows:H3414H5030H1696H5971H3063H3427H3389H5593"From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until this very day— 23 years— the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you time and time again, but you have not obeyed.H7969H6240H8141H2977H1121H526H4428H3063H3117H7969H6242H8141H1697H3068H1696H7925H1696H80854The LORD sent all His servants the prophets to you time and time again, but you have not obeyed or even paid attention.H3068H7971H5650H5030H7925H7971H8085H5186H241H80855He announced, 'Turn, each of you, from your evil way of life and from your evil deeds. Live in the land the LORD gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever.H559H7725H376H7451H1870H7455H4611H3427H127H3068H5414H1H5704H5769H57696Do not follow other gods to serve them and to worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger by the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.H3212H310H312H430H5647H7812H3707H4639H3027H74897" 'But you would not obey Me'— [this is] the LORD's declaration— 'in order that you might provoke Me to anger by the work of your hands and bring disaster on yourselves.'H8085H5002H3068H3707H4639H3027H74518"Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Because you have not obeyed My words,H559H3068H6635H8085H16979I am going to send for all the families of the north'— [this is] the LORD's declaration— 'and [send for] My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them a desolation, a derision, and ruins forever.H7971H3947H4940H6828H5002H3068H5019H4428H894H5650H935H776H3427H1471H5439H2763H7760H8047H8322H5769H272310I will eliminate the sound of joy and gladness from them— the voice of the bridegroom and the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.H6H6963H8342H6963H8057H6963H2860H6963H3618H6963H7347H216H521611This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.H776H2723H8047H1471H5647H4428H894H7657H814112When the 70 years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation'— [this is] the LORD's declaration— 'the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it a ruin forever.H7657H8141H4390H6485H4428H894H1471H5002H3068H5771H776H3778H7760H5769H807713I will bring on that land all My words I have spoken against it, all that is written in this book that Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.H935H776H1697H1696H3789H5612H3414H5012H147114For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.'"H7227H1471H1419H4428H5647H7999H6467H4639H302715This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and make all the nations I am sending you to drink from it.H559H3068H430H3478H3947H3196H3563H2534H3027H1471H7971H824816They will drink, stagger, and go out of their minds because of the sword I am sending among them."H8354H1607H1984H6440H2719H797117So I took the cup from the LORD's hand and made all the nations drink [from it], everyone the LORD sent me to.H3947H3563H3068H3027H1471H8248H3068H797118[These included:] Jerusalem and the [other] cities of Judah, its kings and its officials, to make them a desolate ruin, an object of scorn and cursing— as it is today;H3389H5892H3063H4428H8269H5414H2723H8047H8322H7045H311719Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officers, his leaders, all his people,H6547H4428H4714H5650H8269H597120and all the mixed peoples; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of the Philistines— Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;H6153H4428H776H5780H4428H776H6430H831H5804H6138H7611H79521Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;H123H4124H1121H598322all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands across the sea;H4428H6865H4428H6721H4428H339H5676H322023Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those who shave their temples;H1719H8485H938H7112H628524all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed peoples who have settled in the desert;H4428H6152H4428H6153H7931H405725all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;H4428H2174H4428H5867H4428H407426all the kings of the north, both near and far from one another; that is, all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. Finally, the king of Sheshach will drink after them.H4428H6828H7350H7138H376H251H4467H776H6440H127H4428H8347H8354H31027"Then you are to say to them: This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, as a result of the sword I am sending among you.H559H559H3068H6635H430H3478H8354H7937H7006H5307H6965H6440H2719H797128If they refuse to take the cup from you and drink, you are to say to them: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: You must drink!H3985H3947H3563H3027H8354H559H559H3068H6635H8354H835429For I am already bringing disaster on the city that bears My name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth"— [this is] the declaration of the LORD of Hosts.H2490H7489H5892H7121H8034H5352H5352H5352H7121H2719H3427H776H5002H3068H663530"As for you, you are to prophesy all these things to them, and say to them: The LORD roars from on high; He raises His voice from His holy dwelling. He roars loudly over His grazing land; He calls out with a shout, like those who tread [grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.H5012H1697H559H3068H7580H4791H5414H6963H6944H4583H7580H7580H5116H6030H1959H1869H3427H77631The tumult reaches to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a case against the nations. He enters into judgment with all flesh. As for the wicked, He hands them over to the sword— [This is] the LORD's declaration.H7588H935H7097H776H3068H7379H1471H8199H1320H5414H7563H2719H5002H306832"This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Pay attention! Disaster goes forth from nation to nation. A great storm is stirred up from the ends of the earth."H559H3068H6635H7451H3318H1471H1471H1419H5591H5782H3411H77633Those slain by the LORD on that day will be [spread] from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like manure on the surface of the ground.H2491H3068H3117H7097H776H7097H776H5594H622H6912H1828H6440H12734Wail, you shepherds, and cry out. Roll [in the dust], you leaders of the flock. Because the days of your slaughter have come, you will fall and become shattered like a precious vase.H3213H7462H2199H6428H117H6629H3117H2873H8600H4390H5307H2532H362735Flight will be impossible for the shepherds, and escape, for the leaders of the flock.H7462H4498H6H117H6629H641336[Hear] the sound of the shepherds' cry, the wail of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.H6963H6818H7462H3215H117H6629H3068H7703H483037Peaceful grazing land will become lifeless because of the LORD's burning anger.H7965H4999H1826H6440H2740H639H306838He has left His den like a lion, for their land has become a desolation because of the sword of the oppressor, because of His burning anger.H5800H5520H3715H776H8047H6440H2740H3238H6440H2740H639
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