“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.” (Jeremiah 25:1-38 AV)