1 ¶ The 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 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; See also: Jeremiah 36:1 2 Kings 24:1-2 Jeremiah 46:2 Daniel 1:1
2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, See also: Jeremiah 18:11 Psalms 49:1-2 Jeremiah 19:14-15 Jeremiah 26:2 Jeremiah 35:13
3 From the thirteenth 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, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. See also: Jeremiah 1:2 Jeremiah 11:7 Jeremiah 26:5 Jeremiah 7:13 2 Chronicles 34:3
4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. See also: Jeremiah 25:3 Jeremiah 26:5 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 Jeremiah 7:24-26 Jeremiah 11:7-10
5 They said, Turn 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 for ever and ever: See also: Jeremiah 7:7 Genesis 17:8 Isaiah 55:6-7 Jeremiah 17:25 Jeremiah 18:11
6 And 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. See also: Deuteronomy 8:19 Deuteronomy 6:14 1 Kings 14:22 2 Kings 17:35 Jeremiah 7:6
7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. See also: 2 Kings 21:15 Proverbs 8:36 Deuteronomy 32:21 2 Kings 17:17 Nehemiah 9:26
8 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. See also: Isaiah 13:3 Jeremiah 1:15 Jeremiah 18:16 Ezekiel 29:18-20 Habakkuk 1:6-10
10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, 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 candle. See also: Jeremiah 7:34 Jeremiah 16:9 Ezekiel 26:13 Revelation 18:22-23 Jeremiah 33:10-11
11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. See also: Daniel 9:2 Zechariah 1:12 2 Chronicles 36:21-22 Jeremiah 25:12 Zechariah 7:5
12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. See also: Isaiah 13:19 Daniel 9:2 Jeremiah 29:10 Isaiah 14:23 Jeremiah 50:1-46
13 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 hath prophesied against all the nations. See also: Jeremiah 1:5 Jeremiah 1:10 Daniel 5:28 Daniel 5:31 Revelation 10:11
14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. See also: Jeremiah 51:6 Jeremiah 27:7 Jeremiah 50:9 Jeremiah 50:41 Isaiah 14:2
15 ¶ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. See also: Psalms 75:8 Isaiah 51:17 Job 21:20 Revelation 14:10 Isaiah 51:22
16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. See also: Jeremiah 51:7 Nahum 3:11 Jeremiah 25:27 Jeremiah 51:39 Lamentations 4:21
17 Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: See also: Jeremiah 1:10 Jeremiah 25:28 Jeremiah 27:3 Jeremiah 46:1-28 Ezekiel 43:3
18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; See also: Psalms 60:3 Jeremiah 24:9 Jeremiah 44:22 Joshua 6:18 1 Kings 8:24
19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; See also: Jeremiah 46:2 Jeremiah 46:13-26 Nahum 3:8-10 Jeremiah 43:9-11 Ezekiel 29:1-21
20 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, See also: Job 1:1 Isaiah 20:1 Jeremiah 50:37 Lamentations 4:21 Ezekiel 30:5
21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, See also: Jeremiah 48:1 Psalms 137:7 Jeremiah 9:26 Isaiah 15:1-9 Isaiah 25:10
22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, See also: Jeremiah 47:4 Jeremiah 27:3 Jeremiah 31:10 Jeremiah 49:23-27 Ezekiel 26:1-21
23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, See also: Jeremiah 9:26 Jeremiah 49:8 Jeremiah 49:32 Genesis 22:21 Job 6:19
24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, See also: 2 Chronicles 9:14 Jeremiah 25:20 Jeremiah 50:37 Ezekiel 30:5 Genesis 25:2-4
25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, See also: Genesis 10:22 Isaiah 11:11 Isaiah 13:17 Jeremiah 49:34-39 Jeremiah 51:11
26 And all the kings 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 the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. See also: Jeremiah 51:41 Jeremiah 25:9 Isaiah 13:1-14 Isaiah 47:1-15 Jeremiah 25:12
27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. See also: Jeremiah 25:16 Habakkuk 2:16 Isaiah 51:21 Lamentations 4:21 Ezekiel 21:4-5
28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. See also: Job 34:33 Isaiah 14:24-27 Isaiah 46:10-11 Jeremiah 4:28 Jeremiah 49:12
29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. See also: Proverbs 11:31 Ezekiel 38:21 1 Peter 4:17 1 Kings 8:43 Jeremiah 49:12
30 ¶ Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. See also: Amos 1:2 Isaiah 42:13 Joel 3:16 Psalms 78:65 Isaiah 16:9
31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. See also: Hosea 4:1 Joel 3:2 Isaiah 66:16 Micah 6:2 Ezekiel 20:35-36
32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. See also: Isaiah 34:2 Jeremiah 23:19 2 Chronicles 15:6 Isaiah 30:30 Jeremiah 30:23
33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. See also: Isaiah 66:16 Jeremiah 8:2 Psalms 79:3 Isaiah 5:25 Jeremiah 16:4-7
34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. See also: Jeremiah 6:26 2 Chronicles 36:10 Psalms 2:9 Isaiah 2:16 Isaiah 10:12
35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. See also: Job 11:20 Amos 2:14 Isaiah 2:12-22 Isaiah 24:21-23 Jeremiah 32:4
36 A 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. See also: Jeremiah 4:8 Jeremiah 25:34
37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. See also: Isaiah 27:10-11 Isaiah 32:14
38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. See also: Jeremiah 4:7 Jeremiah 5:6 Hosea 5:14 Hosea 13:7-8 Psalms 76:2