Jeremiah 1:10
New American Standard Bible 1995
10 “See, (A)I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms,
(B)To pluck up and to break down,
To destroy and to overthrow,
(C)To build and to plant.”
Jeremiah 25:15-38
New American Standard Bible 1995
15 For thus the Lord, the God of Israel, says to me, “Take this (A)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 (B)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 (C)made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it: 18 (D)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 (E)Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes and all his people; 20 and all the [a](F)foreign people, all the kings of the (G)land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the (H)Philistines (even Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of (I)Ashdod); 21 (J)Edom, (K)Moab and the sons of (L)Ammon; 22 and all the kings of (M)Tyre, all the kings of Sidon and the kings of (N)the coastlands which are beyond the sea; 23 and (O)Dedan, Tema, (P)Buz and all who (Q)cut the corners of their hair; 24 and all the kings of (R)Arabia and all the kings of the [b](S)foreign people who dwell in the desert; 25 and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of (T)Elam and all the kings of (U)Media; 26 and all the kings of the north, near and far, one with another; and (V)all the kingdoms of the earth which are upon the face of the ground, and the king of [c](W)Sheshach shall drink after them.
27 “You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “(X)Drink, be drunk, vomit, fall and rise no more because of the (Y)sword which I will send among you.”’ 28 And it will be, if they (Z)refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “(AA)You shall surely drink! 29 For behold, I am (AB)beginning to work calamity in this city which is (AC)called by My name, and shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment; for (AD)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 (AE)Lord will (AF)roar from on high
And utter His voice from His holy habitation;
He will roar mightily against His [d]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 (AG)a controversy with the nations.
He is entering into (AH)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 (AI)nation to nation,
And a great (AJ)storm is being stirred up
From the remotest parts of the earth.
33 “Those (AK)slain by the Lord on that day will be from one end of the earth to the [e]other. They will (AL)not be lamented, gathered or buried; they will be like (AM)dung on the face of the ground.
34 “Wail, you shepherds, and cry;
And (AN)wallow in ashes, you masters of the flock;
For the days of your (AO)slaughter and your dispersions [f]have come,
And you will fall like a choice vessel.
35 “(AP)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 [g](AQ)folds are made silent
Because of the (AR)fierce anger of the Lord.
38 “He has left His hiding place (AS)like the lion;
For their land has become a horror
Because of the fierceness of the [h]oppressing sword
And because of His fierce anger.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 25:20 Or mixed multitude
- Jeremiah 25:24 Or mixed multitude
- Jeremiah 25:26 Cryptic name for Babylon
- Jeremiah 25:30 Or pasture
- Jeremiah 25:33 Lit other end of the earth
- Jeremiah 25:34 Lit are full
- Jeremiah 25:37 Or pastures
- Jeremiah 25:38 Or oppressor
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