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| 1The 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 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), | 1In the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the LORD spoke to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah. (That was the same as the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.) |
| 2which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: | 2So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the people who were living in Jerusalem. |
| 3“For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king 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. | 3"For the last twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was ruling in Judah until now, the LORD has been speaking to me. I told you over and over again what he said. But you would not listen. |
| 4You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the LORD persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets, | 4Over and over again the LORD has sent his servants the prophets to you. But you have not listened or paid attention. |
| 5saying, ‘Turn now, every one of you, from his evil way and evil deeds, and dwell upon the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers from of old and forever. | 5He said through them, 'Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and stop doing the evil things you are doing. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live here in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors as a lasting possession. |
| 6Do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, or provoke me to anger with the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ | 6Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do. Then I will not cause you any harm.' |
| 7Yet you have not listened to me, declares the LORD, that you might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm. | 7So, now the LORD says, 'You have not listened to me. But you have made me angry by the things that you have done. Thus you have brought harm on yourselves.' |
| 8“Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: Because you have not obeyed my words, | 8"Therefore, the LORD who rules over all says, 'You have not listened to what I said. |
| 9behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the LORD, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation. | 9So I, the LORD, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn. |
| 10Moreover, I will banish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and the light of the lamp. | 10I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses. |
| 11This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. | 11This whole area will become a desolate wasteland. These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for 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, declares the LORD, making the land an everlasting waste. | 12"'But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon an everlasting ruin. I, the LORD, affirm it! |
| 13I will bring upon that land all the words that I have uttered against it, everything written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations. | 13I will bring on that land everything that I said I would. I will bring on it everything that is written in this book. I will bring on it everything that Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. |
| 14For many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them, and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.” | 14For many nations and great kings will make slaves of the king of Babylon and his nation too. I will repay them for all they have done!'" |
| 15Thus 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. | 15So the LORD, the God of Israel, spoke to me in a vision. "Take this cup from my hand. It is filled with the wine of my wrath. Take it and make the nations to whom I send you drink it. |
| 16They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them.” | 16When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them." |
| 17So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it: | 17So I took the cup from the LORD's hand. I made all the nations to whom he sent me drink the wine of his wrath. |
| 18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day; | 18I made Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its officials drink it. I did it so Judah would become a ruin. I did it so Judah, its kings, and its officials would become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, an example used in curses. Such is already becoming the case! |
| 19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, | 19I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh, king of Egypt; his attendants, his officials, his people, |
| 20and all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of the land of Uz and all the kings of the land of the Philistines (Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod); | 20the foreigners living in Egypt; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of the Philistines, the people of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, the people who had been left alive from Ashdod; |
| 21Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon; | 21all the people of Edom, Moab, Ammon; |
| 22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea; | 22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon; all the kings of the coastlands along the sea; |
| 23Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair; | 23the people of Dedan, Tema, Buz, all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples; |
| 24all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; | 24all the kings of Arabia who live in the desert; |
| 25all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media; | 25all the kings of Zimri; all the kings of Elam; 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 Babylon shall drink. | 26all the kings of the north, whether near or far from one another; and all the other kingdoms which are on the face of the earth. After all of them have drunk the wine of the LORD's wrath, the king of Babylon must drink it. |
| 27“Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of the sword that I am sending among you.’ | 27Then the LORD said to me, "Tell them that the LORD God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Drink this cup until you get drunk and vomit. Drink until you fall down and can't get up. For I will send wars sweeping through you.' |
| 28“And 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! | 28If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, tell them that the LORD who rules over all says 'You most certainly must drink it! |
| 29For behold, I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of hosts.’ | 29For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. So how can you possibly avoid being punished? You will not go unpunished! For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the LORD who rules over all, affirm it!' |
| 30“You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: “‘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. | 30"Then, Jeremiah, make the following prophecy against them: 'Like a lion about to attack, the LORD will roar from the heights of heaven; from his holy dwelling on high he will roar loudly. He will roar mightily against his land. He will shout in triumph like those stomping juice from the grapes against all those who live on the earth. |
| 31The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth, for the LORD has an indictment against the nations; he is entering into judgment with all flesh, and the wicked he will put to the sword, declares the LORD.’ | 31The sounds of battle will resound to the ends of the earth. For the LORD will bring charges against the nations. He will pass judgment on all humankind and will hand the wicked over to be killed in war.' The LORD so affirms it! |
| 32“Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, disaster is going forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth! | 32The LORD who rules over all says, 'Disaster will soon come on one nation after another. A mighty storm of military destruction is rising up from the distant parts of the earth.' |
| 33“And those pierced 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 be dung on the surface of the ground. | 33Those who have been killed by the LORD at that time will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned over, gathered up, or buried. Their dead bodies will lie scattered over the ground like manure. |
| 34“Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come, and you shall fall like a choice vessel. | 34Wail and cry out in anguish, you rulers! Roll in the dust, you who shepherd flocks of people! The time for you to be slaughtered has come. You will lie scattered and fallen like broken pieces of fine pottery. |
| 35No refuge will remain for the shepherds, nor escape for the lords of the flock. | 35The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape. |
| 36A voice—the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the LORD is laying waste their pasture, | 36Listen to the cries of anguish of the leaders. Listen to the wails of the shepherds of the flocks. They are wailing because the LORD is about to destroy their lands. |
| 37and the peaceful folds are devastated because of the fierce anger of the LORD. | 37Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste by the fierce anger of the LORD. |
| 38Like a lion he has left his lair, for their land has become a waste because of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.” | 38The LORD is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the LORD." |
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