Jeremiah 25 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ The word that came to Yirmeyahu concerning all the people of Yehuḏ

² which Yirmeyahu the prophet spoke to all the people of Yehuḏ

³ “From the thirteenth year of Yoshiyahu son of Amon, sovereign of Yehuḏ

⁴ “Moreover, יהוה  has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear,

⁵ saying, ‘Turn back now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the soil which יהוה  has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

⁶ ‘And do not go after other mighty ones to serve them and to bow down to them. And do not provoke Me with the works of your hands, so that I do you no evil.’

⁷ “But you did not listen to Me,” declares יהוה, “so as to provoke Me with the works of your hands, for your own evil.

⁸ “Therefore thus said יהוה  of hosts, ‘Because you did not obey My words,

⁹ see, I am sending and taking all the tribes of the north,’ declares יהוה, ‘and Neḇ

¹⁰ ‘And I shall banish from them the voice of rejoicing 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 lamp.

¹¹ ‘And all this land shall be a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the sovereign of Baḇ

¹² ‘And it shall be, when seventy years are completed, that I shall punish the sovereign of Baḇ

¹³ ‘And I shall bring on that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Yirmeyahu has prophesied concerning all the nations.

¹⁴ ‘For they too shall be enslaved by many nations and great sovereigns. And I shall repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their hands.’ ”

¹⁵ For thus said יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

¹⁶ “And they shall drink, and shake, and go mad because of the sword that I am sending among them.”

¹⁷ I then took the cup from the hand of יהוה, and made all the nations drink, to whom יהוה  had sent me,

¹⁸ namely Yerushalayim and the cities of Yehuḏ

¹⁹ Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim, and his servants, and his heads, and all his people;

²⁰ and all the mixed multitude, and all the sovereigns of the land of Uts, and all the sovereigns of the land of the Philistines – even Ashqelon, and Azzah, and Eqron, and the remnant of Ashdoḏ

²¹ Eḏ

²² and all the sovereigns of Tsor, and all the sovereigns of Tsiḏ

²³ Deḏ

²⁴ and all the sovereigns of Araḇ

²⁵ and all the sovereigns of Zimri, and all the sovereigns of Ě

²⁶ and all the sovereigns of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the reigns of the earth which are on the face of the ground. Also the sovereign of Shĕ

²⁷ “And you shall say to them, ‘Thus said יהוה  of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

²⁸ “And it shall be, when they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus said יהוה  of hosts, “You shall drink!

²⁹ “For look, I am beginning to bring evil upon the city which is called by My Name, and should you be entirely unpunished? You are not going unpunished, for I am calling for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares יהוה  of hosts.’

³⁰ “And you shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them, ‘יהוה  roars from on high, and utters His voice from His set-apart dwelling place. He roars mightily over His fold, a shout as those who tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

³¹ “Tumult shall come to the ends of the earth, for יהוה  has a controversy with the nations. He shall enter into judgment with all flesh. The wrong He shall give to the sword,’ declares יהוה.”

³² Thus said יהוה  of hosts, “See, evil is going forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind is raised up from the farthest parts of the earth.

³³ “And in that day the slain of יהוה  shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried, for they are dung on the face of the ground.

³⁴ “Howl, you shepherds, and cry! And roll yourselves in the ashes, you leaders of the flock! For the days of your slaughter and your scatterings are completed, and you shall fall like a choice vessel.

³⁵ “And a place of refuge shall perish from the shepherds, and escape from the leaders of the flock.

³⁶ “Hear the cry of the shepherds, and a wailing of the leaders of the flock, for יהוה  is ravaging their pasture!

³⁷ “And the pastures of peace shall be cut down because of the burning displeasure of יהוה.

³⁸ “Like a lion He shall leave His hiding place, for their land shall become a waste because of the sword of oppressors, and because of His burning displeasure.”