(25:6-11) Because the people of Judah were unfaithful to him, God will send the king
of Babylon (Nebuchadrezzar) to destroy Jerusalem and enslave Judah.
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(25:7) "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."
(25:8) "Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my
words,"
(25:9) "Behold, I will send ... Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant ... 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 an hissing,
and perpetual desolations."
(25:10) "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."
(25:11) "This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these
nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years."
(25:11) "Seventy years"
Jeremiah prophesied that the Babylonian captivity would last 70 years. Yet it lasted from the fall of
Jerusalem in 586 BCE to the fall of Babylon in 538 BCE, a period of only 48 years.
(25:12-13) God says he is going to punish Nebuchadnezzar and the
Babylonians for what they have done to his people -- even though God Himself is the one who made the
Babylonians attack and enslave Judah! As part of the punishment God will take the land of the
Babylonians and "make it perpetual desolations." A false prophecy, since present-day Iraq is quite occupied.
(25:12) "I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD,
for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations."
(25:13) "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."
(25:15-29)
God will force "all the kingdoms of the world" to drink "and be
drunken." Then he'll kill "all the inhabitants of the earth" with a sword. What the Bible says about alcohol
(25:15) "For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand,
and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it."
(25:16) "And they shall drink ... and be mad, because of the sword that
I will send among them."
(25:17) "Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink."
(25:18) "To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah ... to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse;
as it is this day."
(25:19) "Pharaoh king of Egypt ... and all his people,"
(25:20) "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 Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,"
(25:21) "Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,"
(25:22) "And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,"
(25:23) "Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,"
(25:24) "And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,"
(25:25) "And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,"
(25:26) "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 the king of Sheshach shall drink after them."
(25:27) "Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall,
and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you."
(25:28) "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."
(25:29) "For, lo ... I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts."
(25:30-32) God is really getting into all of this
killing. He roars, he mightily roars, and shouts. He "pleads with all flesh" while a whirlwind roars and a noise can be heard
everywhere on earth.
(25:30) "The LORD shall roar from on high ... from his holy habitation; he shall
mightily roar ... he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth."
(25:31) "A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD ... will plead with all flesh;
he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD."
(25:32) "Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth."
(25:33-38) God will kill so many people that the entire
earth will be covered with their dead bodies. No one is to mourn them or even
bury them; "they shall be dung upon the ground."
(25:33) "The slain of the LORD shall be ... 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."
(25:34) "The days of your slaughter ... are accomplished."
(25:35) "The shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor ... the flock to escape."
(25:36) "An howling of the ... flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture."
(25:37) "The peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD."
(25:38) "Their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger."
25:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon;
25:2
The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to
all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
25:3
From the thirteenth year of Josiah 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.
25:4
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.
25:5
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:
25:6
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.
25:7Yet 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.
25:8Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my
words,
25:9Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the
LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar 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 an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
25:10Moreover 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, the sound
of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
25:11And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these
nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
25:12
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 Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual
desolations.
25:13
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.
25:14
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.
25:15For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this
fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink
it.
25:16And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that
I will send among them.
25:17
Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink,
unto whom the LORD had sent me:
25:18
To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the
princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and
a curse; as it is this day;
25:19
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his
people;
25:20
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 Ashkelon, and Azzah, and
Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
25:22
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of
the isles which are beyond the sea,
25:23
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
25:24
And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that
dwell in the desert,
25:25
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings
of the Medes,
25:26
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 the
king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
25:27
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink
ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the
sword which I will send among you.
25:28And 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.
25:29For, 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.
25:30
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.
25:31
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.
25:32
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.
25:33And 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.
25:34
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.
25:35
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the
flock to escape.
25:36
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of
the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
25:37And the peaceable habitations are cut down
because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
25:38
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.
