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| 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.) | 1This message from the LORD came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Josiah's son Jehoiakim, king of Judah. (This was also the first year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.) |
| 2So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the people who were living in Jerusalem. | 2This is what Jeremiah the prophet told all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem: |
| 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. | 3"From the thirteenth year of the reign of Ammon's son Josiah, the king of Judah, until the present time, for 23 years this message from the LORD has come to me, and I've spoken to you again and again, but you haven't listened. |
| 4Over and over again the LORD has sent his servants the prophets to you. But you have not listened or paid attention. | 4Again and again, the LORD sent all his servants, the prophets, to you, but you wouldn't listen or even turn your ears in my direction to hear. |
| 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. | 5They said, 'Turn, each one of you, from your evil habits and evil deeds, and live in the land that the LORD gave to you and your ancestors forever and ever. |
| 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.' | 6Don't follow other gods to serve and worship them. Don't provoke me with the idols you make with your hands, and I won't bring disaster on you.' |
| 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.' | 7But you didn't listen to me," declares the LORD, "so as to provoke me with the idols you make with your hands to your own harm. |
| 8"Therefore, the LORD who rules over all says, 'You have not listened to what I said. | 8"Therefore, this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: 'Because you haven't listened to my message, |
| 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. | 9I'm now sending for all the tribes from the north, declares the LORD, and for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I'll bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I'll utterly destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting desolation. |
| 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. | 10I'll destroy the sounds of gladness and rejoicing from them, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride, the sound of the hand mill and also the light of the lamp. |
| 11This whole area will become a desolate wasteland. These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years.' | 11This entire land will be a desolation and a waste, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. |
| 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! | 12Then when the seventy years have passed, I'll judge the king of Babylon and that nation, declares the LORD, I'll judge the land of the Chaldeans for their iniquity and I'll make it a desolation forever. |
| 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. | 13I'll bring on that land all the things I spoke against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied about the nations. |
| 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!'" | 14Indeed many nations and great kings will make slaves even of them, and I'll repay them according to their deeds, according to what they have done.'" |
| 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. | 15For this is what the LORD God of Israel says to me, "Take this cup of the wine of burning anger from my hand and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. |
| 16When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them." | 16They'll drink, stagger, and act like madmen because of the sword I'm sending among them." |
| 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. | 17So I took the cup from the LORD's hand, and I made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it: |
| 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! | 18Jerusalem, the cities of Judah, its kings and officials to make them into a ruin, an object of horror and scorn, and a curse, as it is this day; |
| 19I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh, king of Egypt; his attendants, his officials, his people, | 19Pharaoh, king of Egypt, his officials, his princes, and all his people; |
| 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; | 20all the various people; all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of Ashdod; |
| 21all the people of Edom, Moab, Ammon; | 21Edom, Moab, and the people of Ammon; |
| 22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon; all the kings of the coastlands along the sea; | 22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and all the kings of the coast lands that are beyond the sea; |
| 23the people of Dedan, Tema, Buz, all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples; | 23Dedan, Tema, Buz, and those who shave the corners of their beards; |
| 24all the kings of Arabia who live in the desert; | 24all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the various people who live in the desert; |
| 25all the kings of Zimri; all the kings of Elam; all the kings of Media; | 25all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media; |
| 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. | 26all the kings of the north near and far, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. The king of Sheshak will drink after all the others. |
| 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.' | 27"You are to say to them, 'This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Drink, get drunk, and vomit! Fall down and don't get up because of the sword I'm sending among you."' |
| 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! | 28And if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink it, say to them, 'This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "You will surely drink it! |
| 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!' | 29Look, I'm beginning to bring disaster on the city that is called by my name, and do you actually think you will avoid punishment? You won't avoid punishment because I'm summoning the sword against all those who live in the land," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.'" |
| 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. | 30"You are to prophesy all these things against them, and you are to say to them, 'The LORD roars from his high place, from his holy dwelling he lifts his voice. He roars loudly against his flock, and against all who live on the earth; he shouts like those treading grapes. |
| 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! | 31A tumult reaches to the ends of the earth because the LORD is bringing an indictment against the nations. He judges all flesh. He has given the wicked over to the sword,' declares the LORD. |
| 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.' | 32This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Look, disaster is going from nation to nation, a great storm is being stirred up from the most distant parts of the earth. |
| 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. | 33"Those slain by the LORD on that day will extend from one end of the earth to the other. They won't be mourned for or gathered up or buried. They'll be like dung on the surface of the ground. |
| 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. | 34"Scream, you shepherds! Cry out! Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock! Indeed, the time for your slaughter and your dispersion has arrived, and you will break like a choice vessel. |
| 35The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape. | 35Flight will be impossible for the shepherds, as will be escape for the leaders of the flock. |
| 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. | 36A sound—it's the cry of the shepherds and the scream of the leaders of the flock— because the LORD is destroying their pastures. |
| 37Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste by the fierce anger of the LORD. | 37The peaceful meadows are silent because of the LORD's 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." | 38Like a lion, he has left his den. Indeed, their land has become a waste because of the anger of the oppressor and because of the LORD's fierce anger." |
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