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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;

The which Jeremiah

the prophet

spake

unto all the people

of Judah,

and to all the inhabitants

of Jerusalem,

saying,

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

Therefore thus saith

the LORD

of hosts;

Because ye have not heard

my words,

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.

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.

And this whole land

shall be a desolation,

and an astonishment;

and these nations

shall serve

the king

of Babylon

seventy

years.

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.

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.

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.

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.

And they shall drink,

and be moved,

and be mad,

because

of the sword

that I will send

among them.

Then took

I the cup

at the LORD'S

hand,

and made all the nations

to drink,

unto whom the LORD

had sent

me:

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;

Pharaoh

king

of Egypt,

and his servants,

and his princes,

and all his people;

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,

Edom,

and Moab,

and the children

of Ammon,

And all the kings

of Tyrus,

and all the kings

of Zidon,

and the kings

of the isles

which are beyond

the sea,

Dedan,

and Tema,

and Buz,

and all that are in the utmost

corners,

And all the kings

of Arabia,

and all the kings

of the mingled people

that dwell

in the desert,

And all the kings

of Zimri,

and all the kings

of Elam,

and all the kings

of the Medes,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

And the shepherds

shall have no way

to flee,

nor the principal

of the flock

to escape.

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.

And the peaceable

habitations

are cut down

because

of the fierce

anger

of the LORD.

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.