Jeremiah 25
Seventy Years of
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The word that came to Jeremiah concerning
all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoi'akim 2 Kgs.
24.1 · 2 Chr.
36.5-7 · Dan.
1.1, 2 the son of Josi'ah king of Judah, that was the first
year of Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon;
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the which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto
all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
saying,
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From the thirteenth year of Josi'ah 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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my
words,
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behold, I will send and take all the
families of the north, saith the LORD, and
Nebuchadrez'zar 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 a hissing, and perpetual
desolations.
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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, Jer. 7.34 ; 16.9 the
sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. Rev.
18.22, 23
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And this whole land shall be a
desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall
serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 2 Chr. 36.21 · Jer. 29.10 · Dan. 9.2
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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 Chalde'ans, and will make it
perpetual desolations.
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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.
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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.
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The Cup of Wrath for
the Nations |
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For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the winecup of this
fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to
drink it.
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And they shall drink, and be moved, and
be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
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Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto
whom the LORD had sent me:
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to wit, Jerusalem, and the cities
of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make
them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it
is this day;
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Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants,
and his princes, and all his people;
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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 Ash'kelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of
Ashdod,
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Edom, and Moab, and the children of
Ammon,
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and all the kings of Tyrus, and all the
kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond
the sea,
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Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that
are in the utmost corners,
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and all the kings of Arabia, and all the
kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
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and all the kings of Zimri, and all the
kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
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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.
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Therefore thou shalt say unto them,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no
more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And the shepherds shall have no way to
flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
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A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and
a howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for
the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
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And the peaceable habitations are cut
down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
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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.
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