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Jeremiah 25
New International Version

### Seventy Years of Captivity

25 The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim(A) son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon. 2 So Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people of Judah(C) and to all those living in Jerusalem: 3 For twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah(D) son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again,(E) but you have not listened.(F)

4 And though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets(G) to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention.(H) 5 They said, “Turn(I) now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land(J) the Lord gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever. 6 Do not follow other gods(K) to serve and worship them; do not arouse my anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you.”

7 “But you did not listen to me,” declares the Lord, “and you have aroused(L) my anger with what your hands have made,(M) and you have brought harm(N) to yourselves.”

8 Therefore the Lord Almighty says this: “Because you have not listened to my words, 9 I will summon(O) all the peoples of the north(P) and my servant(Q) Nebuchadnezzar(R) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[a](S) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,(T) and an everlasting ruin.(U) 10 I will banish from them the sounds(V) of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom,(W) the sound of millstones(X) and the light of the lamp.(Y) 11 This whole country will become a desolate wasteland,(Z) and these nations will serve(AA) the king of Babylon seventy years.(AB)

12 “But when the seventy years(AC) are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon(AD) and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,[b] for their guilt,” declares the Lord, “and will make it desolate(AE) forever. 13 I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written(AF) in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. 14 They themselves will be enslaved(AG) by many nations(AH) and great kings; I will repay(AI) them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”

### The Cup of God’s Wrath

15 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup(AJ) filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send(AK) you drink it. 16 When they drink(AL) it, they will stagger(AM) and go mad(AN) because of the sword(AO) I will send among them.”

17 So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent(AP) me drink it: 18 Jerusalem(AQ) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin(AR) and an object of horror and scorn,(AS) a curse[c](AT)—as they are today;(AU) 19 Pharaoh king(AV) of Egypt,(AW) his attendants, his officials and all his people, 20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;(AX) all the kings of the Philistines(AY) (those of Ashkelon,(AZ) Gaza,(BA) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); 21 Edom,(BB) Moab(BC) and Ammon;(BD) 22 all the kings of Tyre(BE) and Sidon;(BF) the kings of the coastlands(BG) across the sea; 23 Dedan,(BH) Tema,(BI) Buz(BJ) and all who are in distant places[d];(BK) 24 all the kings of Arabia(BL) and all the kings of the foreign people(BM) who live in the wilderness; 25 all the kings of Zimri,(BN) Elam(BO) and Media;(BP) 26 and all the kings of the north,(BQ) near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms(BR) on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak[e](BS) will drink it too.

27 “Then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk(BT) and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword(BU) I will send among you.’ 28 But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink(BV), tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: You must drink it! 29 See, I am beginning to bring disaster(BW) on the city that bears my Name,(BX) and will you indeed go unpunished?(BY) You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword(BZ) on all(CA) who live on the earth,(CB) declares the Lord Almighty.’

30 “Now prophesy all these words against them and say to them:

“‘The Lord will roar(CC) from on high;
he will thunder(CD) from his holy dwelling(CE)
and roar mightily against his land.
He will shout like those who tread(CF) the grapes,
shout against all who live on the earth.
31 The tumult(CG) will resound to the ends of the earth,
for the Lord will bring charges(CH) against the nations;
he will bring judgment(CI) on all(CJ) mankind
and put the wicked to the sword,(CK)’”
declares the Lord.

32 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Look! Disaster(CL) is spreading
from nation to nation;(CM)
a mighty storm(CN) is rising
from the ends of the earth.”(CO)

33 At that time those slain(CP) by the Lord will be everywhere—from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered(CQ) up or buried,(CR) but will be like dung lying on the ground.

34 Weep and wail, you shepherds;(CS)
roll(CT) in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered(CU) has come;
you will fall like the best of the rams.[f](CV)
35 The shepherds will have nowhere to flee,
the leaders of the flock no place to escape.(CW)
36 Hear the cry(CX) of the shepherds,(CY)
the wailing of the leaders of the flock,
for the Lord is destroying their pasture.
37 The peaceful meadows will be laid waste
because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
38 Like a lion(CZ) he will leave his lair,
and their land will become desolate(DA)
because of the sword[g] of the oppressor(DB)
and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.(DC)

#### Footnotes

1. Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
2. Jeremiah 25:12 Or Chaldeans
3. Jeremiah 25:18 That is, their names to be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, to be seen by others as cursed
4. Jeremiah 25:23 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads
5. Jeremiah 25:26 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
6. Jeremiah 25:34 Septuagint; Hebrew fall and be shattered like fine pottery
7. Jeremiah 25:38 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 46:16 and 50:16); most Hebrew manuscripts anger

#### Cross references

1. Jeremiah 25:1 : S 2Ki 24:2
2. Jeremiah 25:1 : S 2Ki 24:1
3. Jeremiah 25:2 : Jer 18:11
4. Jeremiah 25:3 : S 1Ch 3:14
5. Jeremiah 25:3 : Jer 11:7; 26:5
6. Jeremiah 25:3 : S Isa 65:12; S Jer 7:26
7. Jeremiah 25:4 : Jer 6:17; S 7:25; 29:19
8. Jeremiah 25:4 : S Jer 7:26; 34:14; 44:5
9. Jeremiah 25:5 : S Jdg 6:8; S 2Ch 7:14; S 30:9; S Jer 23:22
10. Jeremiah 25:5 : S Ge 12:7; S Dt 4:40
11. Jeremiah 25:6 : S Ex 20:3; S Dt 8:19
12. Jeremiah 25:7 : Jer 30:14; 32:35; 44:5
13. Jeremiah 25:7 : Dt 32:21
14. Jeremiah 25:7 : 2Ki 17:20; 21:15
15. Jeremiah 25:9 : Isa 13:3-5
16. Jeremiah 25:9 : S Isa 14:31
17. Jeremiah 25:9 : S Isa 41:2; Jer 27:6
18. Jeremiah 25:9 : S 2Ch 36:6
19. Jeremiah 25:9 : S Nu 21:2
20. Jeremiah 25:9 : S 2Ch 29:8
21. Jeremiah 25:9 : S Jer 19:8; S 20:4; Eze 12:20
22. Jeremiah 25:10 : S Isa 24:8; Eze 26:13
23. Jeremiah 25:10 : Jer 7:34; 33:11
24. Jeremiah 25:10 : Ecc 12:3-4
25. Jeremiah 25:10 : S Job 18:5; La 5:15; Rev 18:22-23
26. Jeremiah 25:11 : S Lev 26:31, 32; Jer 4:26-27; 12:11-12
27. Jeremiah 25:11 : Jer 28:14
28. Jeremiah 25:11 : S 2Ch 36:21
29. Jeremiah 25:12 : Jer 27:7; 29:10
30. Jeremiah 25:12 : S Ge 10:10; S Ps 137:8
31. Jeremiah 25:12 : S Isa 13:19-22; 14:22-23
32. Jeremiah 25:13 : S Isa 30:8
33. Jeremiah 25:14 : Isa 14:6; Jer 27:7
34. Jeremiah 25:14 : Jer 50:9; 51:27-28
35. Jeremiah 25:14 : S Dt 32:41; S Job 21:19; S Jer 51:6
36. Jeremiah 25:15 : S Isa 51:17; Jer 49:12; La 4:21; Eze 23:31; Rev 14:10
37. Jeremiah 25:15 : Jer 1:5
38. Jeremiah 25:16 : ver 26
39. Jeremiah 25:16 : S Ps 60:3
40. Jeremiah 25:16 : Jer 51:7
41. Jeremiah 25:16 : ver 27-29
42. Jeremiah 25:17 : Jer 1:10; 27:3
43. Jeremiah 25:18 : S Jer 13:13
44. Jeremiah 25:18 : S Job 12:19
45. Jeremiah 25:18 : S 2Ch 29:8
46. Jeremiah 25:18 : S Jer 24:9
47. Jeremiah 25:18 : S Ge 19:13; Jer 44:22
48. Jeremiah 25:19 : S 2Ki 18:21
49. Jeremiah 25:19 : Isa 19:1; 20:3; Jer 44:30; Eze 29:2
50. Jeremiah 25:20 : S Ge 10:23
51. Jeremiah 25:20 : S Jos 13:3; S 2Ch 26:6; S 28:18; Zep 2:4-7
52. Jeremiah 25:20 : Jer 47:5; Am 1:7-8
53. Jeremiah 25:20 : S Ge 10:19
54. Jeremiah 25:21 : S Ge 25:30
55. Jeremiah 25:21 : S Ge 19:37; S Dt 23:6
56. Jeremiah 25:21 : S Ge 19:38; Jer 27:3; 49:1
57. Jeremiah 25:22 : S Jos 19:29
58. Jeremiah 25:22 : S Ge 10:15
59. Jeremiah 25:22 : Isa 11:11; 48:20; 66:20; Jer 31:10; Eze 27:15; 39:6; Da 11:18
60. Jeremiah 25:23 : S Ge 25:3
61. Jeremiah 25:23 : S Ge 25:15
62. Jeremiah 25:23 : S Ge 22:21
63. Jeremiah 25:23 : Jer 9:26; 49:32
64. Jeremiah 25:24 : S 2Ch 9:14
65. Jeremiah 25:24 : ver 20
66. Jeremiah 25:25 : Ge 25:2
67. Jeremiah 25:25 : S Ge 10:22
68. Jeremiah 25:25 : S Isa 21:2
69. Jeremiah 25:26 : ver 9; Jer 50:3, 9; 51:11, 48
70. Jeremiah 25:26 : Isa 23:17
71. Jeremiah 25:26 : Jer 51:41
72. Jeremiah 25:27 : ver 16, 28; S Isa 29:9; S 49:26; Jer 51:57; Eze 23:32-34; Na 3:18; Hab 2:16
73. Jeremiah 25:27 : S Jer 12:12; Eze 14:17; 21:4
74. Jeremiah 25:28 : S Isa 51:23
75. Jeremiah 25:29 : S 2Sa 5:7; Isa 10:12; Jer 13:12-14; 39:1
76. Jeremiah 25:29 : S Dt 28:10; S Isa 37:17
77. Jeremiah 25:29 : S Pr 11:31
78. Jeremiah 25:29 : ver 27
79. Jeremiah 25:29 : ver 30-31; Isa 34:2
80. Jeremiah 25:29 : S Isa 24:1
81. Jeremiah 25:30 : Isa 16:10; S 42:13
82. Jeremiah 25:30 : S Ps 46:6
83. Jeremiah 25:30 : S Ps 68:5
84. Jeremiah 25:30 : Isa 63:3; Joel 3:13; Rev 14:19-20
85. Jeremiah 25:31 : Jer 23:19
86. Jeremiah 25:31 : S Jer 2:9
87. Jeremiah 25:31 : S 1Sa 12:7; S Jer 2:35; S Eze 36:5
88. Jeremiah 25:31 : S ver 29
89. Jeremiah 25:31 : S Jer 15:9
90. Jeremiah 25:32 : S Isa 30:25
91. Jeremiah 25:32 : Isa 34:2
92. Jeremiah 25:32 : S Jer 23:19
93. Jeremiah 25:32 : S Dt 28:49
94. Jeremiah 25:33 : Isa 66:16; Eze 39:17-20
95. Jeremiah 25:33 : S Jer 8:2
96. Jeremiah 25:33 : S Ps 79:3
97. Jeremiah 25:34 : S Jer 2:8; Zec 10:3
98. Jeremiah 25:34 : S Jer 6:26
99. Jeremiah 25:34 : S Ps 44:22; S Isa 34:6; Jer 50:27; 51:40; Zec 11:4, 7
100. Jeremiah 25:34 : S Jer 22:28
101. Jeremiah 25:35 : S Job 11:20
102. Jeremiah 25:36 : S Jer 6:26
103. Jeremiah 25:36 : S Jer 23:1; Zec 11:3
104. Jeremiah 25:38 : S Job 10:16; S Jer 4:7
105. Jeremiah 25:38 : Jer 44:22
106. Jeremiah 25:38 : Jer 46:16; 50:16
107. Jeremiah 25:38 : S Ex 15:7; S Jer 4:26

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