1 ¶ The word, concerning all the people of Judah, that came to Jeremiah during the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon;

2 Which the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,

3 For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, to this day, the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early to tell it to you; but you refused to listen.

4 Although the LORD sent all of his servants the prophets to you, diligently sending them; you have not listened, or even paid attention.

5 They said, Let each of you turn back from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and you will always live in the land that the LORD has given to you and to your fathers:

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

7 But you refused to listen to me, says the LORD; and provoked me to anger with the works of your hands to your own harm.

8 ¶ Therefore the LORD of hosts says; Because you refuse to listen to my words,

9 Know that, I will send for all the tribes of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all the surrounding nations, and will completely destroy them, and make them something shuddered over, scorned, and a permanent ruin.

10 Moreover I will banish from them the sound of joy, and the sound of happiness, the voice of a bridegroom, and the voice of a bride, the sound of millstones, and the light of a lamp.

11 And this whole country will be in ruins, and a wasteland; and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

12 And it will come to pass, after the seventy years are over, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, for their sin, says the LORD, and will make the land of the Chaldeans a permanent ruin.

13 And I will bring on that country all the words that I have pronounced against it, all that are written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

14 For many nations and great kings will also make slaves of them: and I will pay them back according to their deeds, and according to the work of their own hands.

15 ¶ For the LORD God of Israel said this to me; Take from my hand the wine cup of this fury, and cause all the nations, to whom I am sending you, to drink it.

16 And when they drink it, they will stagger, and go mad, because of the sword that I am sending among them.

17 So I took the cup from the LORD’S hand, and made all the nations to whom the LORD had sent me drink it:

18 Specifically, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its officials, to make them a desolate ruin, something shuddered over, and scorned, and cursed; as it is today;

19 And these will also drink: Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his officials, and all his people;

20 And all the foreigners among them, 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,

21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,

22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings on the coasts that are beyond the sea,

23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who trim the corners of their beards,

24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people that live 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, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and after them the king of Sheshach will drink.

27 Therefore you should say to them, The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel says; Drink, and be drunken, and vomit, and fall, never to rise again, because of the sword that I will send among you.

28 And, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, The LORD of hosts says; You will certainly drink.

29 For, if I start by bringing evil on the city that is called by my name, should you go unpunished? You will not be unpunished: for I am calling for a sword to come upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts.

30 ¶ Therefore prophesy all these words against them, and say to them, The LORD will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, like those who trample the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

31 A noise will sound to the utmost part of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give those who are wicked to the sword, says the LORD.

32 The LORD of hosts says, Behold, evil will spread from nation to nation, and a great whirling storm will rise from the distant parts of the earth.

33 And on that day those slain by the LORD will extend from one end of the earth to the other: they will not be mourned, or gathered, or buried; they will lie on the ground like dung.

34 Howl, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow in ashes, you leaders of the flock: for the time of your slaughter and your exile is here; and you will fall like fine rams.

35 And there will be no place for the shepherds to flee to, no escape for the leaders of the flock.

36 Listen to the shepherds crying, and the leaders of the flock wailing: for the LORD has spoiled their pasture.

37 And the peaceful meadows are destroyed because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

38 Like a lion, he has left his lair: for their land is turned to ruins because of his burning anger, and the violent sword of the oppressor.