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1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah (that was the first year of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon),[#2 Kings 24.1, 2; Jer 36.1]
2which the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
3For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of King Josiah son of Amon 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.[#2 Chr 34.1–3, 8; Jer 1.2; 7.13; 22.21; 36.2]
4And though the Lord persistently sent you all his servants the prophets, you have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear[#Jer 7.13, 25; 26.5]
5when they said, “Turn now, every one of you, from your evil way and wicked doings, and you will remain on the land that the Lord has given to you and your ancestors from of old and forever;[#Isa 55.6, 7; Jer 4.1; 7.7]
6do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke me to anger with the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.”
7Yet you did not listen to me, says the Lord , and so you have provoked me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm.[#Deut 32.21; 2 Kings 17.17; 21.15; Jer 7.19]
8Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Because you have not obeyed my words,
9I am going to send for all the tribes of the north, says the Lord , even for King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all these nations around; I will utterly destroy them and make them an object of horror and of hissing and an everlasting disgrace.[#Jer 1.15; 18.16; 27.6; #25.9 Gk Compare Syr: Heb and everlasting desolations]
10And I will banish from them the sound of mirth and the sound of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.[#Eccl 12.4; Isa 24.7; 47.2; Ezek 26.13]
11This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, says the Lord , making the land an everlasting waste.[#Ezra 1.1; Isa 13.14, 19; 14.23; Jer 29.10]
13I will bring upon that land all the words that I have uttered against it, everything written in this book that Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.
14For many nations and great kings shall make slaves of them also, and I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.[#Jer 50.9, 41; 51.6, 24, 27, 28]
15For 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.[#Ps 75.8; Isa 51.17]
16They shall drink and stagger and go out of their minds because of the sword that I am sending among them.[#Jer 51.7; Nah 3.11]
17So I took the cup from the Lord ’s hand and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it:
18Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, an object of hissing and of cursing, as they are today;[#Isa 51.17; Jer 24.9; 44.22]
19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, and all his people;
20all the mixed people; 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;[#Job 1.1; Isa 20.1; Jer 47.1–7; #25.20 Meaning of Heb uncertain]
21Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;[#Jer 48.1–47; 49.1–22]
22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea;[#Jer 47.4; 49.23]
23Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who have shaved temples;[#Jer 9.26; 49.7, 8, 32]
24all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed peoples that live in the desert;[#2 Chr 9.14; #25.24 Meaning of Heb uncertain]
25all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
26all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of Sheshach shall drink.[#Jer 50.9; #25.26 That is, Babylon]
27Then you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink; get drunk and vomit; fall and rise no more because of the sword that I am sending among you.[#Ezek 21.4, 5; Hab 2.16]
28And 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!
29See, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that is called by my name, and how can you possibly avoid punishment? You shall not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord of hosts.[#v 31; 1 Kings 8.43; Ezek 9.6; 1 Pet 4.17]
30You, therefore, shall prophesy to them all these words and say to them:[#Isa 16.9; 42.13; Joel 3.16; Am 1.2]
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.
31The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth,[#Hos 4.1; Joel 3.2; Mic 6.2]
for the Lord has an indictment against the nations;
he is entering into judgment with all flesh,
and the guilty he will put to the sword, says the Lord .
32Thus says the Lord of hosts:
See, disaster is spreading
from nation to nation,
and a great tempest is stirring
from the farthest parts of the earth!
33Those 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 become dung on the surface of the ground.[#Ps 79.3; Isa 5.25; 66.16; Jer 16.4]
34Wail, you shepherds, and cry out;[#Isa 34.7; Jer 6.26; 50.27; Ezek 27.30]
roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter have come—and your dispersions,
and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
35Flight shall fail the shepherds,
and there shall be no escape for the lords of the flock.
36Listen! The cry of the shepherds
and the wail of the lords of the flock!
For the Lord is despoiling their pasture,
37and the peaceful folds are devastated
because of the fierce anger of the Lord .
38Like a lion he has left his den,
for their land has become a waste
because of the cruel anger
and because of his fierce anger.