rsv Jeremiah:25-26
rsv@Jeremiah:25:1 @ The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoi'akim the son of Josi'ah, king of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon),
rsv@Jeremiah:25:2 @ which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
rsv@Jeremiah:25:3 @ "For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josi'ah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:4 @ You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the LORD persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets,
rsv@Jeremiah:25:5 @ saying, `Turn now, every one of you, from his evil way and wrong doings, and dwell upon the land which the LORD has given to you and your fathers from of old and for ever;
rsv@Jeremiah:25:6 @ do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, or provoke me to anger with the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.'
rsv@Jeremiah:25:7 @ Yet you have not listened to me, says the LORD, that you might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:8 @ "Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: Because you have not obeyed my words,
rsv@Jeremiah:25:9 @ behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, says the LORD, and for Nebuchadrez'zar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about; I will utterly destroy them, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting reproach.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:10 @ Moreover, I will banish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:11 @ This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:12 @ Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chalde'ans, for their iniquity, says the LORD, making the land an everlasting waste.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:13 @ I will bring upon that land all the words which I have uttered against it, everything written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:14 @ For many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands."
rsv@Jeremiah:25:15 @ Thus the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:16 @ They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword which I am sending among them."
rsv@Jeremiah:25:17 @ So I took the cup from the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it:
rsv@Jeremiah:25:18 @ Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and princes, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;
rsv@Jeremiah:25:19 @ Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, all his people,
rsv@Jeremiah:25:20 @ and all the foreign folk among them; all the kings of the land of Uz and all the kings of the land of the Philistines (Ash'kelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod);
rsv@Jeremiah:25:21 @ Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon;
rsv@Jeremiah:25:22 @ all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea;
rsv@Jeremiah:25:23 @ Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
rsv@Jeremiah:25:24 @ all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed tribes that dwell in the desert;
rsv@Jeremiah:25:25 @ all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
rsv@Jeremiah:25:26 @ all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of Babylon shall drink.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:27 @ "Then you shall say to them, `Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of the sword which I am sending among you.'
rsv@Jeremiah:25:28 @ "And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, `Thus says the LORD of hosts: You must drink!
rsv@Jeremiah:25:29 @ For behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts.'
rsv@Jeremiah:25:30 @ "You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: `The LORD will roar from on high, and from his holy habitation utter his voice; he will roar mightily against his fold, and shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:31 @ The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth, for the LORD has an indictment against the nations; he is entering into judgment with all flesh, and the wicked he will put to the sword, says the LORD.'
rsv@Jeremiah:25:32 @ "Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, evil is going forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth!
rsv@Jeremiah:25:33 @ "And those slain by the LORD on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:34 @ "Wail, you shepherds, and cry, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come, and you shall fall like choice rams.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:35 @ No refuge will remain for the shepherds, nor escape for the lords of the flock.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:36 @ Hark, the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the LORD is despoiling their pasture,
rsv@Jeremiah:25:37 @ and the peaceful folds are devastated, because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
rsv@Jeremiah:25:38 @ Like a lion he has left his covert, for their land has become a waste because of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger."
rsv@Jeremiah:26:1 @ In the beginning of the reign of Jehoi'akim the son of Josi'ah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD,
rsv@Jeremiah:26:2 @ "Thus says the LORD: Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah which come to worship in the house of the LORD all the words that I command you to speak to them; do not hold back a word.
rsv@Jeremiah:26:3 @ It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, that I may repent of the evil which I intend to do to them because of their evil doings.
rsv@Jeremiah:26:4 @ You shall say to them, `Thus says the LORD: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you,
rsv@Jeremiah:26:5 @ and to heed the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you urgently, though you have not heeded,
rsv@Jeremiah:26:6 @ then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.'"
rsv@Jeremiah:26:7 @ The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
rsv@Jeremiah:26:8 @ And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, "You shall die!
rsv@Jeremiah:26:9 @ Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, `This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant'?" And all the people gathered about Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
rsv@Jeremiah:26:10 @ When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of the LORD and took their seat in the entry of the New Gate of the house of the LORD.
rsv@Jeremiah:26:11 @ Then the priests and the prophets said to the princes and to all the people, "This man deserves the sentence of death, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears."
rsv@Jeremiah:26:12 @ Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and all the people, saying, "The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.
rsv@Jeremiah:26:13 @ Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, and the LORD will repent of the evil which he has pronounced against you.
rsv@Jeremiah:26:14 @ But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.
rsv@Jeremiah:26:15 @ Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the LORD sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears."
rsv@Jeremiah:26:16 @ Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, "This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God."
rsv@Jeremiah:26:17 @ And certain of the elders of the land arose and spoke to all the assembled people, saying,
rsv@Jeremiah:26:18 @ "Micah of Mo'resheth prophesied in the days of Hezeki'ah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah: `Thus says the LORD of hosts, Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.'
rsv@Jeremiah:26:19 @ Did Hezeki'ah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and did not the LORD repent of the evil which he had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great evil upon ourselves."
rsv@Jeremiah:26:20 @ There was another man who prophesied in the name of the LORD, Uri'ah the son of Shemai'ah from Kir'iath-je'arim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like those of Jeremiah.
rsv@Jeremiah:26:21 @ And when King Jehoi'akim, with all his warriors and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uri'ah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt.
rsv@Jeremiah:26:22 @ Then King Jehoi'akim sent to Egypt certain men, Elna'than the son of Achbor and others with him,
rsv@Jeremiah:26:23 @ and they fetched Uri'ah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoi'akim, who slew him with the sword and cast his dead body into the burial place of the common people.
rsv@Jeremiah:26:24 @ But the hand of Ahi'kam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he was not given over to the people to be put to death.
rsv@Jeremiah:27:1 @ In the beginning of the reign of Zedeki'ah the son of Josi'ah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.
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