Jeremiah 25:8-38

8“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Because you have not obeyed My words, 9behold, I will 1send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, 2My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will 3utterly destroy them and 4make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation. 10Moreover, I will 56take from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the 7sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. 118This whole land will be a desolation and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon 9seventy years.

12‘Then it will be 10when seventy years are completed I will 11punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ declares the Lord, ‘for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and 12I will make it an everlasting desolation. 13I will bring upon that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in 13this book which Jeremiah has prophesied against 14all the nations. 14(15For 16many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even them; and I will 17recompense them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.)’”

15For thus the Lord, the God of Israel, says to me, “Take this 18cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. 16They will 19drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”

17Then I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and 20made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it: 1821Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and its kings and its princes, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing and a curse, as it is this day; 1922Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes and all his people; 20and all the 2324foreign people, all the kings of the 25land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the 26Philistines (even Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of 27Ashdod); 2128Edom, 29Moab and the sons of 30Ammon; 22and all the kings of 31Tyre, all the kings of Sidon and the kings of 32the coastlands which are beyond the sea; 23and 33Dedan, Tema, 34Buz and all who 35cut the corners of their hair; 24and all the kings of 36Arabia and all the kings of the 3738foreign people who dwell in the desert; 25and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of 39Elam and all the kings of 40Media; 26and all the kings of the north, near and far, one with another; and 41all the kingdoms of the earth which are upon the face of the ground, and the king of 4243Sheshach shall drink after them.

27“You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “44Drink, be drunk, vomit, fall and rise no more because of the 45sword which I will send among you.”’ 28And it will be, if they 46refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “47You shall surely drink! 29For behold, I am 48beginning to work calamity in this city which is 49called by My name, and shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment; for 50I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares the Lord of hosts.’

30“Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them, ‘The 51Lord will 52roar from on high And utter His voice from His holy habitation; He will roar mightily against His 53fold. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, Against all the inhabitants of the earth.31A clamor has come to the end of the earth, Because the Lord has 54a controversy with the nations. He is entering into 55judgment with all flesh; As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,’ declares the Lord.”

32Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, evil is going forth From 56nation to nation, And a great 57storm is being stirred up From the remotest parts of the earth.

33“Those 58slain by the Lord on that day will be from one end of the earth to the 59other. They will 60not be lamented, gathered or buried; they will be like 61dung on the face of the ground.34Wail, you shepherds, and cry; And 62wallow in ashes, you masters of the flock; For the days of your 63slaughter and your dispersions 64have come, And you will fall like a choice vessel.3565Flight will perish from the shepherds, And escape from the masters of the flock.36Hear the sound of the cry of the shepherds, And the wailing of the masters of the flock! For the Lord is destroying their pasture,37And the peaceful 6667folds are made silent Because of the 68fierce anger of the Lord.38He has left His hiding place 69like the lion; For their land has become a horror Because of the fierceness of the 70oppressing sword And because of His fierce anger.”