| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. | 1This message for all the people of Judah came to Jeremiah from the LORD during the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign over Judah. This was the year when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon began his reign. |
| 2So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows: | 2Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people in Judah and Jerusalem, |
| 3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened. | 3“For the past twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until now—the LORD has been giving me his messages. I have faithfully passed them on to you, but you have not listened. |
| 4And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear. | 4“Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention. |
| 5The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. | 5Each time the message was this: ‘Turn from the evil road you are traveling and from the evil things you are doing. Only then will I let you live in this land that the LORD gave to you and your ancestors forever. |
| 6Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ | 6Do not provoke my anger by worshiping idols you made with your own hands. Then I will not harm you.’ |
| 7‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’ | 7“But you would not listen to me,” says the LORD. “You made me furious by worshiping idols you made with your own hands, bringing on yourselves all the disasters you now suffer. |
| 8Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words, | 8And now the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: Because you have not listened to me, |
| 9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation. | 9I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever. |
| 10Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. | 10I will take away your happy singing and laughter. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard. Your millstones will fall silent, and the lights in your homes will go out. |
| 11And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. | 11This entire land will become a desolate wasteland. Israel and her neighboring lands will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. |
| 12But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. | 12“Then, after the seventy years of captivity are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his people for their sins,” says the LORD. “I will make the country of the Babylonians a wasteland forever. |
| 13I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. | 13I will bring upon them all the terrors I have promised in this book—all the penalties announced by Jeremiah against the nations. |
| 14For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’ ” | 14Many nations and great kings will enslave the Babylonians, just as they enslaved my people. I will punish them in proportion to the suffering they cause my people.” The Cup of the LORD’s Anger |
| 15This is what 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 from it. | 15This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup filled to the brim with my anger, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. |
| 16And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.” | 16When they drink from it, they will stagger, crazed by the warfare I will send against them.” |
| 17So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me, | 17So I took the cup of anger from the LORD and made all the nations drink from it—every nation to which the LORD sent me. |
| 18to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials; | 18I went to Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah, and their kings and officials drank from the cup. From that day until this, they have been a desolate ruin, an object of horror, contempt, and cursing. |
| 19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people; | 19I gave the cup to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials, and all his people, |
| 20all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; | 20along with all the foreigners living in that land. I also gave it to all the kings of the land of Uz and the kings of the Philistine cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of Ashdod. |
| 21Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites; | 21Then I gave the cup to the nations of Edom, Moab, and Ammon, |
| 22all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea; | 22and the kings of Tyre and Sidon, and the kings of the regions across the sea. |
| 23Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair; | 23I gave it to Dedan, Tema, and Buz, and to the people who live in distant places. |
| 24all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; | 24I gave it to the kings of Arabia, the kings of the nomadic tribes of the desert, |
| 25all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media; | 25and to the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media. |
| 26all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too. | 26And I gave it to the kings of the northern countries, far and near, one after the other—all the kingdoms of the world. And finally, the king of Babylon himself drank from the cup of the LORD’s anger. |
| 27“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’ | 27Then the LORD said to me, “Now tell them, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: Drink from this cup of my anger. Get drunk and vomit; fall to rise no more, for I am sending terrible wars against you.’ |
| 28If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it! | 28And if they refuse to accept the cup, tell them, ‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: You have no choice but to drink from it. |
| 29For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’ | 29I have begun to punish Jerusalem, the city that bears my name. Now should I let you go unpunished? No, you will not escape disaster. I will call for war against all the nations of the earth. I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!’ |
| 30So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth. | 30“Now prophesy all these things, and say to them, “‘The LORD will roar against his own land from his holy dwelling in heaven. He will shout like those who tread grapes; he will shout against everyone on earth. |
| 31The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’ ” declares the LORD. | 31His cry of judgment will reach the ends of the earth, for the LORD will bring his case against all the nations. He will judge all the people of the earth, slaughtering the wicked with the sword. I, the LORD, have spoken!’” |
| 32This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.” | 32This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: “Look! Disaster will fall upon nation after nation! A great whirlwind of fury is rising from the most distant corners of the earth!” |
| 33Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground. | 33In that day those the LORD has slaughtered will fill the earth from one end to the other. No one will mourn for them or gather up their bodies to bury them. They will be scattered on the ground like manure. |
| 34Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery. | 34Weep and moan, you evil shepherds! Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock! The time of your slaughter has arrived; you will fall and shatter like a fragile vase. |
| 35Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock. | 35You will find no place to hide; there will be no way to escape. |
| 36Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture. | 36Listen to the frantic cries of the shepherds. The leaders of the flock are wailing in despair, for the LORD is ruining their pastures. |
| 37The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger. | 37Peaceful meadows will be turned into a wasteland by the LORD’s fierce anger. |
| 38He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD. | 38He has left his den like a strong lion seeking its prey, and their land will be made desolate by the sword of the enemy and the LORD’s fierce anger. |
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