1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,) 2which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: 3From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these three and twenty years, the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to you{+}, rising up early and speaking; but you{+} haven't listened. 4And Yahweh has sent all his slaves the prophets to you{+}, rising up early and sending them, (but you{+} haven't listened, nor inclined your{+} ear to hear,) 5saying, Return{+} now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your{+} doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to you{+} and to your{+} fathers, from of old and even forevermore; 6and don't go after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your{+} hands; and I will do you{+} no hurt. 7Yet you{+} haven't listened to me, says Yahweh; that you{+} may provoke me to anger with the work of your{+} hands to your{+} own hurt. 8Therefore this is what Yahweh of Hosts says: Because you{+} haven't heard my words, 9look, I will send and take all the families of the north, says Yahweh, and [I will send] to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my slave, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about; and I will completely destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. 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 lamp. 11And this whole land will be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12And it will come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, says Yahweh, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate forever. 13And I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. 14For many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands. 15For this is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, to me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. 16And they will drink, and reel to and fro, and be insane, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17Then I took the cup at Yahweh's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me: 18[to wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day; 19Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his slaves, and his princes, and all his people; 20and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of the Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; 21Edom, and Moab, and the sons of Ammon; 22and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea; 23Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners [of their hair] cut off; 24and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people who stay in the wilderness; 25and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes; 26and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach will drink after them. 27And you will say to them, Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink{+}, and be drunk, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you{+}. 28And it will be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you will say to them, Thus says Yahweh of hosts: You{+} will surely drink. 29For, look, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you{+} be completely unpunished? You{+} will not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of hosts. 30Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them, Yahweh 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, as those who tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31A noise will come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, says Yahweh. 32Thus says Yahweh of hosts, Look, evil will go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest will be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth. 33And the slain of Yahweh will be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they will not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they will be dung on the face of the ground. 34Wail, you{+} shepherds, and cry; and wallow [in ashes], you{+} principal of the flock; for the days of your{+} slaughter and of your{+} dispersions have fully come, and you{+} will fall like a goodly vessel. 35And the shepherds will have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. 36A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! For Yahweh lays waste their pasture. 37And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Yahweh. 38He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land has become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.