¶ The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the¹ fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first² year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

³The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,

From the thirteenth⁴ year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising⁵ early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

And the LORD hath sent unto you all⁶ his servants the prophets, rising⁷ early and sending them; but ye⁸ have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

They said, Turn⁹ ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for¹⁰ ever and ever:

¹¹And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye¹² might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts¹³; Because ye have not heard my words,

Behold, I¹⁴ will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar¹⁵ the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against¹⁶ this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment¹⁷, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

¶ Moreover I will take from¹⁸ them the voice of mirth¹⁹, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound²⁰ of the millstones, and the light of the candle.

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy²¹ years.

And it shall come to pass, when²² seventy years are accomplished, that I²³ will punish²⁴ the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual²⁵ desolations.

And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath²⁶ prophesied against all the nations.

For many²⁷ nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I²⁸ will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

¶ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take²⁹ the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all³⁰ the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

³¹And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made³² all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:

To wit, Jerusalem³³, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make³⁴ them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it³⁵ is this day;

Pharaoh³⁶ king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

¶ And all the mingled³⁷ people, and all the kings of the land of Uz³⁸, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines³⁹, and Ashkelon⁴⁰, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,

Edom⁴², and Moab⁴³, and the⁴⁴ children of Ammon,

And all the kings of Tyrus⁴⁵, and all the kings of Zidon⁴⁶, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea⁴⁷,

Dedan⁴⁸, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners⁴⁹,

And all the kings of Arabia⁵⁰, and all the kings of the mingled⁵¹ people that dwell in the desert,

And all the kings of Zimri⁵², and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes⁵⁴,

And all the kings⁵⁵ of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the⁵⁶ king of Sheshach shall drink⁵⁷ after them.

Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink⁵⁸ ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because⁵⁹ of the sword which I will send among you.

And it shall be, if⁶⁰ they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye⁶¹ shall certainly drink.

For, lo, I begin⁶² to bring evil on the city which is called by my name⁶³, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall⁶⁴ not be unpunished: for I will⁶⁵ call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

¶ Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar⁶⁶ from on high, and utter his voice from his holy⁶⁷ habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give⁶⁸ a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

A noise⁶⁹ shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead⁷⁰ with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil⁷¹ shall go forth from nation to nation, and a⁷² great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

And the slain⁷³ of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not⁷⁴ be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be⁷⁵ dung upon the ground.

Howl⁷⁶, ye shepherds⁷⁷, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal⁷⁸ of the flock: for the days of your⁷⁹ slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall⁸⁰ fall like a pleasant vessel⁸¹.

And the shepherds⁸² shall have no way to flee, nor⁸³ the principal of the flock to escape.

⁸⁴A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.

⁸⁵And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

He hath⁸⁶ forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate⁸⁷ because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.