Jeremiah 25:15-38 — Legacy Standard Bible

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

¹⁷Then I took the cup from the hand of Yahweh and ^amade all the nations to whom Yahweh sent me drink it: ¹⁸^aJerusalem and the cities of Judah and its kings and its princes, to make them a waste place, an object of horror, an object of hissing, and a curse, as it is this day; ¹⁹^aPharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people, ²⁰and all the ¹^,^aforeign people, all the kings of the ^bland of Uz, all the kings of the land of the ^cPhilistines (even Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of ^dAshdod), ²¹^aEdom, ^bMoab, and the sons of ^cAmmon, ²²and all the kings of ^aTyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of ^bthe coastlands which are beyond the sea, ²³and ^aDedan, Tema, ^bBuz, and all who ^ccut ¹the corners of their hair, ²⁴and all the kings of ^aArabia and all the kings of the ¹^,^bforeign people who dwell in the desert, ²⁵and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of ^aElam, and all the kings of ^bMedia, ²⁶and all the kings of the north, near and far, one with another; and ^aall the kingdoms of the earth which are upon the face of the ground, and the king of ¹^,^bSheshach shall drink after them.

²⁷“You shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “^aDrink, be drunk, vomit, fall, and rise no more because of the ^bsword which I will send among you.”’ ²⁸“And it will be, if they ^arefuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you will say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts: “^bYou shall surely drink! ²⁹“For behold, I am ^abeginning to bring evil against this city which is ^bcalled by My name. But shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment, for ^cI am calling for a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares Yahweh of hosts.’

³⁰“Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them, ‘^aYahweh will ^broar from on highAnd give forth His voice from His holy habitation;He will roar mightily against His ¹pasture.He will bellow a shout like those who tread the grapes,Against all the inhabitants of the earth.

³¹‘A rumbling has come to the end of the earthBecause Yahweh has ^aa contention against the nations.He is entering into ^bjudgment with all flesh;As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,’ declares Yahweh.”

³²Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Behold, evil is going forthFrom ^anation to nation,And a great ^bstorm is being stirred upFrom the remotest parts of the earth.

³³“Those ^aslain by Yahweh on that day will be from one end of the earth to the ¹other. They will ^bnot be lamented, gathered, or buried; they will be like ^cdung on the face of the ground.

³⁴“Wail, you shepherds, and cry out;And ^aroll yourselves in ashes, you masters of the flock;For the days of your ^bslaughter and your scatterings are being fulfilled,And you will fall like a desirable vessel.³⁵“^aRefuge will perish from the shepherdsAnd escape from the mighty ones of the flock.³⁶“Hear the sound of the cry of the shepherds,And the wailing of the mighty ones of the flock!For Yahweh is destroying their pasture,³⁷And the peaceful ^apastures are made silentBecause of the ^bburning anger of Yahweh.³⁸“He has forsaken His hiding place ^alike the lion;For their land has become an object of horrorBecause of the burning desire of ¹the oppressorAnd because of His burning anger.”