| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 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), | 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), |
| 2which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: | 2which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, |
| 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"From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these 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. |
| 4You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the LORD persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets, | 4"And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets again and again, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear, |
| 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. | 5saying, 'Turn now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the land which the LORD has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever; |
| 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.’ | 6and do not go after other gods to serve them and to worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will do you no 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. | 7"Yet you have not listened to Me," declares the LORD, "in order that you might provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm. |
| 8“Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: Because you have not obeyed my words, | 8"Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Because you have not obeyed My words, |
| 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. | 9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,' declares the LORD, 'and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them and make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation. |
| 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. | 10'Moreover, I will take from them the voice of joy 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. |
| 11This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. | 11'This whole land will be a desolation and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon 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'Then it will be when seventy years are completed I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,' declares the LORD, 'for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it an everlasting desolation. |
| 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. | 13'I will bring upon that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book which 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.” | 14'(For many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.)'" |
| 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. | 15For thus the LORD, the God of Israel, says to me, "Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. |
| 16They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword that I am sending among them.” | 16"They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them." |
| 17So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it: | 17Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand and made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it: |
| 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; | 18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and its kings and its princes, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing and a curse, as it is this day; |
| 19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, | 19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes and all 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); | 20and all the foreign people, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines (even Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of Ashdod); |
| 21Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon; | 21Edom, Moab and the sons of Ammon; |
| 22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea; | 22and all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon and the kings of the coastlands which are beyond the sea; |
| 23Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair; | 23and Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who cut the corners of their hair; |
| 24all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; | 24and all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who dwell in the desert; |
| 25all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media; | 25and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam and 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. | 26and all the kings of the north, near and far, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the earth which are upon the face of the ground, and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. |
| 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.’ | 27"You shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Drink, be drunk, vomit, fall and rise no more because of the sword which I will send among 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! | 28"And it will be, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you will say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "You shall surely drink! |
| 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.’ | 29"For behold, I am beginning to work calamity in this city which is called by My name, and shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment; for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth," declares the LORD of hosts.' |
| 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"Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them, 'The LORD will roar from on high And utter His voice from His holy habitation; He will roar mightily against His fold. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, Against all the inhabitants of 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.’ | 31'A clamor has come to the end of the earth, Because the LORD has a controversy with the nations. He is entering into judgment with all flesh; As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,' declares the LORD." |
| 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! | 32Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Behold, evil is going forth From nation to nation, And a great storm is being stirred up From the remotest 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. | 33"Those slain by the LORD on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be lamented, gathered or buried; they will be like dung on the face of the ground. |
| 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. | 34"Wail, you shepherds, and cry; And wallow in ashes, you masters of the flock; For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions have come, And you will fall like a choice vessel. |
| 35No refuge will remain for the shepherds, nor escape for the lords of the flock. | 35"Flight will perish from the shepherds, And escape from the masters of the flock. |
| 36A voice—the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the LORD is laying waste their pasture, | 36"Hear the sound of the cry of the shepherds, And the wailing of the masters of the flock! For the LORD is destroying their pasture, |
| 37and the peaceful folds are devastated because of the fierce anger of the LORD. | 37"And the peaceful folds are made silent Because of 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.” | 38"He has left His hiding place like the lion; For their land has become a horror Because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword And because of His fierce anger." |
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