Dual Panel1In the fourth <07243> year <08141> that Jehoiakim <03079> son <01121> of Josiah <02977> was king <04428> of Judah <03063>, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah <03414> concerning <05921> all <03605> the people <05971> of Judah <03063>. (That was the same as the first <07224> year <08141> that Nebuchadnezzar <05019> was king <04428> of Babylon <0894>.)
2So <0834> the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> spoke <01696> to <05921> all <03605> the people <05971> of Judah <03063> and to <0413> all <03605> the people who were living <03427> in Jerusalem <03389>.
3“For the last twenty-three <06242> <07969> years <08141>, from <04480> the thirteenth <06240> <07969> year <08141> that Josiah <02977> son <01121> of Amon <0526> was ruling <04428> in Judah <03063> until <05704> now <02088> <03117>, the Lord <03068> has been speaking <01961> to <0413> me. I told <01696> you over and over again <07925> what he said <01696>. But you would not <03808> listen <08085>.
4Over <07925> and over again <07971> the Lord <03068> has sent <07971> his servants <05650> the prophets <05030> to you. But you have not <03808> listened <08085> or paid attention <08085> <0241> <05186>.
5He said <0559> through them, ‘Each <0376> of you must turn <07725> from your wicked <07451> ways <01870> and stop doing the evil <07455> things <04611> you are doing. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live <03427> here in <05921> the land <0127> that <0834> I gave <05414> to you and your ancestors <01> as a lasting possession <05769> <05704> <05769> <04480>.
6Do not <0408> pay allegiance <01980> to <0310> other <0312> gods <0430> and worship <07812> and serve <05647> them. Do not <03808> make <03707> me angry <03707> by <0854> the things that you do <04639>. Then I will not <03808> cause <07489> you any harm <07489>.’
7So, now the Lord <03068> says <05002>, ‘You have not <03808> listened <08085> to <0413> me. But you have made <03707> me angry <03707> by the things that <04616> you have done <04639>. Thus you have brought harm <07451> on yourselves <03027>.’
8“Therefore <03651>, the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, ‘You have not <03808> listened <08085> to what I said <01697>.
9So I, the Lord <03068>, affirm <05002> that I will send <07971> for <0413> all <03605> the peoples <04940> of the north <06828> and my servant <05650>, King <04428> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> of Babylon <0894>. I will bring <0935> them against <05921> this <02063> land <0776> and its inhabitants <03427> and all <03605> the nations <01471> that surround it. I will utterly destroy <02763> this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround <05439> it and make <07760> them everlasting <05769> ruins <02723>. I will make them objects of horror <08047> and hissing scorn <08322>.
10I will put an end <06> to the sounds <06963> <06963> of joy <08342> and gladness <08057>, to the glad celebration <06963> of brides <03618> and grooms <02860> in these lands. I will put an end to the sound <06963> of people grinding meal <07347>. I will put an end to lamps <05216> shining <0216> in their <01992> houses.
11This <02063> whole <03605> area <0776> will become a desolate <02723> wasteland <08047>. These <0428> nations <01471> will be <01961> subject <05647> to the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> for seventy <07657> years <08141>.’
12“‘But when <01961> the seventy <07657> years <08141> are over <04390>, I will punish <06485> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> and his <01931> nation <01471> for their sins <05771>. I will make <07760> the land <0776> of Babylon <03778> an everlasting <05769> ruin <08077>. I, the Lord <03068>, affirm <05002> it!
13I will bring <0935> on <05921> that land <0776> everything <03605> that <0834> I said <01696> I would. I will bring on <05921> it everything <03605> that is written <03789> in this <02088> book <05612>. I will bring on it everything <0834> that Jeremiah <03414> has prophesied <05012> against <05921> all <03605> the nations <01471>.
14For <03588> many <07227> nations <01471> and great <01419> kings <04428> will make slaves <05647> of the king of Babylon and his nation <01992> too <01571>. I will repay <07999> them for all they have done <03027> <04639> <06467>!’”
15So <03541> <03588> the Lord <03068>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, spoke <0559> to <0413> me in a vision. “Take <03947> this <02063> cup <03563> from my hand <03027>. It is filled with the wine <03196> of my wrath <02534>. Take it and make the nations <01471> to <0413> whom <0834> I <0595> send <07971> you drink <08248> it.
16When they have drunk <08354> it, they will stagger <01607> to and fro and act insane <01984>. For <0834> I <0595> will send <07971> wars <02719> sweeping through <0996> them.”
17So I took <03947> the cup <03563> from the Lord’s <03068> hand <03027>. I made all <03605> the nations <01471> to whom <0834> he sent <07971> me drink <08248> the wine of his wrath.
18I made Jerusalem <03389> and the <0853> cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, its <0853> kings <04428> and its officials <08269> drink it. I did <05414> it so Judah would become a ruin <02723>. I did it so Judah, its kings, and its officials would become an object of horror <08047> and of hissing scorn <08322>, an example used in curses <07045>. Such is already becoming <03117> the case!
19I made all <03605> of these other people <05971> drink it: Pharaoh <06547>, king <04428> of Egypt <04714>; his attendants <05650>, his officials <08269>, his people,
20the foreigners <06154> living in Egypt; all <03605> the kings <04428> of the land <0776> of Uz <05780>; all <03605> the kings <04428> of the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>, the people of Ashkelon <0831>, Gaza <05804>, Ekron <06138>, the people who had been left alive <07611> from Ashdod <0795>;
21all the people of Edom <0123>, Moab <04124>, Ammon <05983>;
22all <03605> the kings <04428> of Tyre <06865>, all <03605> the kings <04428> of Sidon <06721>; all the kings <04428> of the coastlands <0339> along <05676> the sea <03220>;
23the people of Dedan <01719>, Tema <08485>, Buz <0938>, all <03605> the desert people who cut <07112> their hair short at the temples <06285>;
24all <03605> the kings <04428> of Arabia <06152> who live <07931> in the desert <04057>;
25all <03605> the kings <04428> of Zimri <02174>; all <03605> the kings <04428> of Elam <05867>; all <03605> the kings <04428> of Media <04074>;
26all <03605> the kings <04428> of the north <06828>, whether near <07138> or far <07350> from one <0376> another <0251>; and all <03605> the other kingdoms <04467> which <0834> are on <05921> the face <06440> of the earth <0127>. After <0310> all of them have drunk the wine of the Lord’s wrath, the king <04428> of Babylon <08347> must drink <08354> it.
27Then the Lord said to <0413> me, “Tell <0559> them that the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, ‘Drink <08354> this cup until you get drunk <07937> and vomit <07006>. Drink until you fall down <05307> and can’t <03808> get up <06965>. For <0834> I <0595> will send <07971> wars <02719> sweeping through <0996> you.’
28If <03588> they refuse <03985> to take <03947> the cup <03563> from your hand <03027> and drink <08354> it, tell <0559> them that the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635> says <0559> ‘You most certainly <08354> <08354> must drink <08354> <08354> it!
29For <03588> take note <02009>, I <0595> am already beginning to bring <02490> disaster <07489> on the city <05892> that I call <07121> my own <08034>. So how can you possibly avoid <05352> being punished <05352>? You <0859> will not <03808> go unpunished <05352>! For <03588> I <0589> am proclaiming <07121> war <02719> against <05921> all <03605> who live <03427> on the earth <0776>. I, the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635>, affirm <05002> it!’
30“Then, Jeremiah, make the following prophecy <05012> against <0413> them: ‘Like a lion about to <0413> attack, the Lord <03068> will roar <07580> from the heights <04791> of heaven; from his holy <06944> dwelling <04583> on high he will roar loudly <06963> <05414>. He will roar mightily <07580> <07580> against <05921> his land <05116>. He will shout in triumph <01959> like those stomping <01869> juice from the grapes against <0413> all <03605> those who live <03427> on the earth <0776>.
31The sounds of battle <07588> will resound <0935> to <05704> the ends <07097> of the earth <0776>. For <03588> the Lord <03068> will bring charges <07379> against the nations <01471>. He will pass judgment <08199> on all <03605> humankind <01320> and will hand <05414> the wicked <07563> over <05414> to be killed in war <02719>.’ The Lord <03068> so affirms <05002> it!
32The Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, ‘Disaster <07451> will soon come <03318> on one nation <01471> after <0413> another <01471>. A mighty <01419> storm <05591> of military destruction is rising up <05782> from the distant parts <03411> of the earth <0776>.’
33Those who have been <01961> killed <02491> by the Lord <03068> at that time <03117> will be scattered from one end <07097> of the earth <0776> <0776> to <05704> the other <07097>. They will not <03808> be mourned <05594> over, gathered up <0622>, or <03808> buried <06912>. Their dead bodies will lie scattered over <05921> the ground <0127> <06440> like manure <01828>.
34Wail <03213> and cry out <02199> in anguish, you rulers <0117>! Roll <06428> in the dust, you who shepherd <07462> flocks <06629> of people! The time <03117> for <03588> you to be slaughtered <02873> has come <04390>. You will lie scattered <08600> and fallen <05307> like broken pieces of fine <02532> pottery <03627>.
35The leaders <07462> will not <04480> be able to run away <04498> and hide. The shepherds <0117> of the flocks <06629> will not be able to escape <06413>.
36Listen to the cries <06963> of anguish <06818> of the leaders <07462>. Listen to the wails <03215> of the shepherds <0117> of the flocks <06629>. They are wailing because <03588> the Lord <03068> is about to destroy <07703> their lands <04830>.
37Their peaceful <07965> dwelling places <04999> will be laid waste <01826> by <06440> the fierce <02740> anger <0639> of the Lord <03068>.
38The Lord is like a lion <03715> who has left <05800> his lair <05520>. So <03588> their lands <0776> will certainly be <01961> laid waste <08047> by <06440> the warfare <02740> of the oppressive <03238> nation and by <06440> the fierce <02740> anger <0639> of the Lord.”