Jeremiah 25:23-38 ▼

23 and Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all in the cut off corners,

24 and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed multitude dwelling in the desert,

25 and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

26 and all the kings of the north, those near and those far, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the earth that are on the face of the earth, and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

27 And you shall say to them, “Thus says YHWH of Hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Drink and become drunk, and vomit, and fall, and you⁺ shall stand no more before the face of the sword that I am sending among you⁺.’

28 And it will come to pass, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, that you shall say to them, thus says YHWH of Hosts: ‘You shall surely drink!

29 For behold, upon the city that is called by My name, I am beginning to bring evil, and you⁺, will you⁺ at all be cleared? You⁺ will not be cleared of guilt. For I am calling for a sword upon all those dwelling in the earth! A declaration of YHWH of Hosts.’

30 And you must prophesy against them all these words, and you are to say to them: ‘YHWH will roar from on high, and from His holy habitation He will give forth His voice; He will roar loudly against His habitation, a shout as of treaders He will give forth unto all those dwelling in the earth.

31 An uproar will come as far as the ends of the earth; for unto YHWH is a dispute with the nations, He executes judgment for all flesh, and He will give the wicked to the sword!’” A declaration of YHWH.

32 Thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, disaster goes forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest is raised up from the sides of the earth.

33 And those slain by YHWH shall be on that day from one end of the earth and to the other end of the earth; They will not be mourned, and not gathered, and not buried—they will be like dung upon the face of the ground!

34 Wail, O shepherds, and cry out; and roll, O leaders of the flock! For the days of your⁺ slaughter are fulfilled—and of your⁺ dispersions—and you⁺ will fall like a precious vessel.

35 And the place of refuge will perish from the shepherds, and of escape from the leaders of the flock—

36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leaders of the flock! For YHWH has spoiled their pasture.

37 And the peaceable habitations are silenced before the face of the burning nose of YHWH.

38 He leaves His lair like the lion, for their land has become as a desolation before the face of the fierceness of the Oppressor, and from the face of the fierceness anger.