Jeremiah 25 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Prophecy of the Captivity

25 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the (A)fourth year of (B)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the (C)first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), 2 which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the (D)people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 3 “From the (E)thirteenth year of (F)Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, [a]these (G)twenty-three years the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken to you [b](H)again and again, but you have not listened. 4 And the Lord has sent to you all His (I)servants the prophets [c]again and again, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear, 5 saying, ‘(J)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 (K)forever and ever; 6 and (L)do not go after other gods to [d]serve them and to [e]worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will do you no harm.’ 7 Yet you have not listened to Me,” declares the Lord, “in order that you might (M)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, 9 behold, I will (N)send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (O)My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will [f]utterly destroy them and (P)make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation. 10 Moreover, I will [g](Q)take from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the (R)sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. 11 (S)This whole land will be a desolation and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon (T)seventy years.

Babylon Will Be Judged

12 ‘Then it will be (U)when seventy years are completed I will (V)punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ declares the Lord, ‘for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and (W)I will make it an everlasting desolation. 13 I will bring upon that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in (X)this book which Jeremiah has prophesied against (Y)all the nations. 14 ([h]For (Z)many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even them; and I will (AA)recompense them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.)’”

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

17 Then I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and (AD)made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it: 18 (AE)Jerusalem 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; 19 (AF)Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes and all his people; 20 and all the [i](AG)foreign people, all the kings of the (AH)land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the (AI)Philistines (even Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of (AJ)Ashdod); 21 (AK)Edom, (AL)Moab and the sons of (AM)Ammon; 22 and all the kings of (AN)Tyre, all the kings of Sidon and the kings of (AO)the coastlands which are beyond the sea; 23 and (AP)Dedan, Tema, (AQ)Buz and all who (AR)cut the corners of their hair; 24 and all the kings of (AS)Arabia and all the kings of the [j](AT)foreign people who dwell in the desert; 25 and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of (AU)Elam and all the kings of (AV)Media; 26 and all the kings of the north, near and far, one with another; and (AW)all the kingdoms of the earth which are upon the face of the ground, and the king of [k](AX)Sheshach shall drink after them.

27 “You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “(AY)Drink, be drunk, vomit, fall and rise no more because of the (AZ)sword which I will send among you.”’ 28 And it will be, if they (BA)refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “(BB)You shall surely drink! 29 For behold, I am (BC)beginning to work calamity in this city which is (BD)called by My name, and shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment; for (BE)I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares the Lord of hosts.’

30 “Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them,

‘The (BF)Lord will (BG)roar from on high
And utter His voice from His holy habitation;
He will roar mightily against His [l]fold.
He will shout like those who tread the grapes,
Against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 ‘A clamor has come to the end of the earth,
Because the Lord has (BH)a controversy with the nations.
He is entering into (BI)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, evil is going forth
From (BJ)nation to nation,
And a great (BK)storm is being stirred up
From the remotest parts of the earth.

33 “Those (BL)slain by the Lord on that day will be from one end of the earth to the [m]other. They will (BM)not be lamented, gathered or buried; they will be like (BN)dung on the face of the ground.

34 “Wail, you shepherds, and cry;
And (BO)wallow in ashes, you masters of the flock;
For the days of your (BP)slaughter and your dispersions [n]have come,
And you will fall like a choice vessel.
35 “(BQ)Flight will perish from the shepherds,
And escape from the masters of the flock.
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,
37 “And the peaceful [o](BR)folds are made silent
Because of the (BS)fierce anger of the Lord.
38 “He has left His hiding place (BT)like the lion;
For their land has become a horror
Because of the fierceness of the [p]oppressing sword
And because of His fierce anger.”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:3 Lit this
  2. Jeremiah 25:3 Lit rising early and speaking
  3. Jeremiah 25:4 Lit rising early and sending
  4. Jeremiah 25:6 Or worship
  5. Jeremiah 25:6 Or bow down to
  6. Jeremiah 25:9 Or put them under the ban
  7. Jeremiah 25:10 Lit cause to perish
  8. Jeremiah 25:14 Or For they have served many nations and great kings
  9. Jeremiah 25:20 Or mixed multitude
  10. Jeremiah 25:24 Or mixed multitude
  11. Jeremiah 25:26 Cryptic name for Babylon
  12. Jeremiah 25:30 Or pasture
  13. Jeremiah 25:33 Lit other end of the earth
  14. Jeremiah 25:34 Lit are full
  15. Jeremiah 25:37 Or pastures
  16. Jeremiah 25:38 Or oppressor

Cross references

  1. Jeremiah 25:1 : Jer 36:1; 46:2
  2. Jeremiah 25:1 : 2 Kin 24:1, 2; 2 Chr 36:4-6; Dan 1:1, 2
  3. Jeremiah 25:1 : Jer 32:1
  4. Jeremiah 25:2 : Jer 18:11
  5. Jeremiah 25:3 : Jer 1:2
  6. Jeremiah 25:3 : 2 Chr 34:1-3, 8
  7. Jeremiah 25:3 : Jer 36:2
  8. Jeremiah 25:3 : Jer 7:25; 11:7; 26:5
  9. Jeremiah 25:4 : 2 Chr 36:15; Jer 26:5
  10. Jeremiah 25:5 : 2 Kin 17:13; Is 55:6, 7; Jer 4:1; 35:15; Ezek 18:30; Jon 3:8-10
  11. Jeremiah 25:5 : Gen 17:8; Jer 7:7; 17:25
  12. Jeremiah 25:6 : Deut 6:14; 8:19; 2 Kin 17:35; Jer 35:15
  13. Jeremiah 25:7 : 2 Kin 17:17; 21:15; Jer 7:19; 32:30-33
  14. Jeremiah 25:9 : Jer 1:15; 6:22, 23
  15. Jeremiah 25:9 : Is 13:3; Jer 27:6; 43:10
  16. Jeremiah 25:9 : 1 Kin 9:7, 8; Jer 18:16; 25:18
  17. Jeremiah 25:10 : Is 24:8-11; Jer 7:34; 16:9; Ezek 26:13; Rev 18:23
  18. Jeremiah 25:10 : Eccl 12:4; Is 47:2
  19. Jeremiah 25:11 : Jer 4:27; 12:11, 12
  20. Jeremiah 25:11 : 2 Chr 36:21; Jer 29:10; Dan 9:2; Zech 7:5
  21. Jeremiah 25:12 : Ezra 1:1; Jer 29:10; Dan 9:2
  22. Jeremiah 25:12 : Is 13:14; Jer ch 50, 51
  23. Jeremiah 25:12 : Is 13:19
  24. Jeremiah 25:13 : Jer 36:4, 29, 32
  25. Jeremiah 25:13 : Jer 1:5, 10; 36:2
  26. Jeremiah 25:14 : Jer 27:7; 50:9, 41; 51:27, 28
  27. Jeremiah 25:14 : Jer 51:6, 24, 56
  28. Jeremiah 25:15 : Job 21:20; Ps 75:8; Is 51:17, 22; Jer 51:7
  29. Jeremiah 25:16 : Nah 3:11
  30. Jeremiah 25:17 : Jer 1:10; 25:28
  31. Jeremiah 25:18 : Ps 60:3; Is 51:17
  32. Jeremiah 25:19 : Jer 46:2-28; Nah 3:8-10
  33. Jeremiah 25:20 : Jer 25:24; 50:37; Ezek 30:5
  34. Jeremiah 25:20 : Job 1:1; Lam 4:21
  35. Jeremiah 25:20 : Jer 47:1-7
  36. Jeremiah 25:20 : Is 20:1
  37. Jeremiah 25:21 : Ps 137:7; Jer 49:7-22
  38. Jeremiah 25:21 : Jer 48:1-47; Amos 2:1-3
  39. Jeremiah 25:21 : Jer 49:1-6; Amos 1:13-15
  40. Jeremiah 25:22 : Jer 47:4; Zech 9:2-4
  41. Jeremiah 25:22 : Jer 31:10
  42. Jeremiah 25:23 : Is 21:13; Jer 49:7, 8
  43. Jeremiah 25:23 : Gen 22:21
  44. Jeremiah 25:23 : Jer 9:26; 49:32
  45. Jeremiah 25:24 : 2 Chr 9:14
  46. Jeremiah 25:24 : Jer 25:20; 50:37; Ezek 30:5
  47. Jeremiah 25:25 : Gen 10:22; Is 11:11; Jer 49:34
  48. Jeremiah 25:25 : Is 13:17; Jer 51:11, 28
  49. Jeremiah 25:26 : Jer 25:9; 50:9
  50. Jeremiah 25:26 : Jer 51:41
  51. Jeremiah 25:27 : Jer 25:16; Hab 2:16
  52. Jeremiah 25:27 : Ezek 21:4, 5
  53. Jeremiah 25:28 : Job 34:33
  54. Jeremiah 25:28 : Jer 49:12
  55. Jeremiah 25:29 : Prov 11:31; Is 10:12; Jer 13:13; Ezek 9:6; 1 Pet 4:17
  56. Jeremiah 25:29 : 1 Kin 8:43
  57. Jeremiah 25:29 : Ezek 38:21
  58. Jeremiah 25:30 : Is 42:13; Jer 25:38
  59. Jeremiah 25:30 : Joel 2:11; 3:16; Amos 1:2
  60. Jeremiah 25:31 : Hos 4:1; Mic 6:2
  61. Jeremiah 25:31 : Is 66:16; Ezek 20:35, 36; Joel 3:2
  62. Jeremiah 25:32 : 2 Chr 15:6; Is 34:2
  63. Jeremiah 25:32 : Is 30:30; Jer 23:19
  64. Jeremiah 25:33 : Is 34:2, 3; 66:16
  65. Jeremiah 25:33 : Ps 79:3; Jer 16:4; Ezek 39:4, 17
  66. Jeremiah 25:33 : Is 5:25
  67. Jeremiah 25:34 : Jer 6:26; Ezek 27:30
  68. Jeremiah 25:34 : Is 34:6, 7; Jer 50:27
  69. Jeremiah 25:35 : Job 11:20; Jer 11:11; Amos 2:14
  70. Jeremiah 25:37 : Is 27:10, 11; Jer 5:17; 13:20
  71. Jeremiah 25:37 : Ps 97:1-3; Is 66:15; Heb 12:29
  72. Jeremiah 25:38 : Jer 4:7; 5:6; Hos 5:14; 13:7, 8

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