1 Palavra que veio a Jeremias acerca de todo o povo de Judá, no ano quarto de Jeoaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá, ano que era o primeiro de Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, 2 a qual anunciou Jeremias, o profeta, a todo o povo de Judá e a todos os habitantes de Jerusalém, dizendo: 3 Durante vinte e três anos, desde o décimo terceiro de Josias, filho de Amom, rei de Judá, até hoje, tem vindo a mim a palavra do Senhor, e, começando de madrugada, eu vo-la tenho anunciado; mas vós não escutastes. 4 Também, começando de madrugada, vos enviou o Senhor todos os seus servos, os profetas, mas vós não os escutastes, nem inclinastes os ouvidos para ouvir, 5 quando diziam: Convertei-vos agora, cada um do seu mau caminho e da maldade das suas ações, e habitai na terra que o Senhor vos deu e a vossos pais, desde os tempos antigos e para sempre. 6 Não andeis após outros deuses para os servirdes e para os adorardes, nem me provoqueis à ira com as obras de vossas mãos; não vos farei mal algum. 7 Todavia, não me destes ouvidos, diz o Senhor, mas me provocastes à ira com as obras de vossas mãos, para o vosso próprio mal.

8 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos: Visto que não escutastes as minhas palavras, 9 eis que mandarei buscar todas as tribos do Norte, diz o Senhor, como também a Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, meu servo, e os trarei contra esta terra, contra os seus moradores e contra todas estas nações em redor, e os destruirei totalmente, e os porei por objeto de espanto, e de assobio, e de ruínas perpétuas. 10 Farei cessar entre eles a voz de folguedo e a de alegria, e a voz do noivo, e a da noiva, e o som das mós, e a luz do candeeiro. 11 Toda esta terra virá a ser um deserto e um espanto; estas nações servirão ao rei da Babilônia setenta anos. 12 Acontecerá, porém, que, quando se cumprirem os setenta anos, castigarei a iniquidade do rei da Babilônia e a desta nação, diz o Senhor, como também a da terra dos caldeus; farei deles ruínas perpétuas. 13 Farei que se cumpram sobre aquela terra todas as minhas ameaças que proferi contra ela, tudo quanto está escrito neste livro, que profetizou Jeremias contra todas as nações. 14 Porque também eles serão escravos de muitas nações e de grandes reis; assim, lhes retribuirei segundo os seus feitos e segundo as obras das suas mãos.

15 Porque assim me disse o Senhor, o Deus de Israel: Toma da minha mão este cálice do vinho do meu furor e darás a beber dele a todas as nações às quais eu te enviar. 16 Para que bebam, e tremam, e enlouqueçam, por causa da espada que eu enviarei para o meio delas. 17 Recebi o cálice da mão do Senhor e dei a beber a todas as nações às quais o Senhor me tinha enviado: 18 a Jerusalém, às cidades de Judá, aos seus reis e aos seus príncipes, para fazer deles uma ruína, objeto de espanto, de assobio e maldição, como hoje se vê; 19 a Faraó, rei do Egito, a seus servos, a seus príncipes e a todo o seu povo; 20 a todo misto de gente, a todos os reis da terra de Uz, a todos os reis da terra dos filisteus, a Asquelom, a Gaza, a Ecrom e ao resto de Asdode; 21 a Edom, a Moabe e aos filhos de Amom; 22 a todos os reis de Tiro, a todos os reis de Sidom e aos reis das terras dalém do mar; 23 a Dedã, a Tema, a Buz e a todos os que cortam os cabelos nas têmporas; 24 a todos os reis da Arábia e todos os reis do misto de gente que habita no deserto; 25 a todos os reis de Zinri, a todos os reis de Elão e a todos os reis da Média; 26 a todos os reis do Norte, os de perto e os de longe, um após outro, e a todos os reinos do mundo sobre a face da terra; e, depois de todos eles, ao rei da Babilônia.

27 Pois lhes dirás: Assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Bebei, embebedai-vos e vomitai; caí e não torneis a levantar-vos, por causa da espada que estou enviando para o vosso meio. 28 Se recusarem receber o cálice da tua mão para beber, então, lhes dirás: Assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos: Tereis de bebê-lo. 29 Pois eis que na cidade que se chama pelo meu nome começo a castigar; e ficareis vós de todo impunes? Não, não ficareis impunes, porque eu chamo a espada sobre todos os moradores da terra, diz o Senhor dos Exércitos.

30 Tu, pois, lhes profetizarás todas estas palavras e lhes dirás: O Senhor lá do alto rugirá e da sua santa morada fará ouvir a sua voz; rugirá fortemente contra a sua malhada, com brados contra todos os moradores da terra, como o eia! dos que pisam as uvas. 31 Chegará o estrondo até à extremidade da terra, porque o Senhor tem contenda com as nações, entrará em juízo contra toda carne; os perversos entregará à espada, diz o Senhor. 32 Assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos: Eis que o mal passa de nação para nação, e grande tormenta se levanta dos confins da terra. 33 Os que o Senhor entregar à morte naquele dia se estenderão de uma a outra extremidade da terra; não serão pranteados, nem recolhidos, nem sepultados; serão como esterco sobre a face da terra. 34 Uivai, pastores, e clamai; revolvei-vos na cinza, vós, donos dos rebanhos, porque já se cumpriram os vossos dias de matardes e dispersardes, e vós mesmos caireis como jarros preciosos. 35 Não haverá refúgio para os pastores, nem salvamento para os donos dos rebanhos. 36 Eis o grito dos pastores, o uivo dos donos dos rebanhos! Porque o Senhor está destruindo o pasto deles. 37 Porque as suas malhadas pacíficas serão devastadas, por causa do brasume da ira do Senhor. 38 Saiu da sua morada como o filho de leão; porque a terra deles foi posta em ruínas, por causa do furor da espada e por causa do brasume da ira do Senhor.

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 (the same was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon), 2 which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even unto this day, these three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. 4 And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, (but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear), 5 saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore; 6 and go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt. 8 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not heard my words, 9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send unto 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 I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. 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, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate for ever. 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. 14 For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

15 For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then took I the cup at Jehovah’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me: 18 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; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; 20 and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; 21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon; 22 and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea; 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off; 24 and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the wilderness; 25 and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes; 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.

27 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah 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. 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall surely drink. 29 For, lo, I begin to work evil at 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 Jehovah of hosts.

30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah 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 they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah.

32 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth. 33 And the slain of Jehovah 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 face of the ground. 34 Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow in ashes, ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel. 35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. 36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Jehovah layeth waste their pasture. 37 And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah. 38 He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword, and because of his fierce anger.

1 The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

2 So Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people of Judah and to all those living in Jerusalem:

3 For twenty-three years —from the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day —the word of the LORD has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

4 And though the LORD has sent all his servants the prophets to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention.

5 They said, "Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land the LORD gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever.

6 Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not arouse my anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you."

7 "But you did not listen to me," declares the LORD, "and you have aroused my anger with what your hands have made, and you have brought harm to yourselves."

8 Therefore the LORD Almighty says this: "Because you have not listened to my words,

9 I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon," declares the LORD, "and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy "them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin.

10 I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.

11 This whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

12 "But when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation, the land of the Babylonians, "for their guilt," declares the LORD, "and will make it desolate forever.

13 I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations.

14 They themselves will be enslaved by many nations and great kings; I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands."

15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.

16 When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among them."

17 So I took the cup from the LORD's hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it:

18 Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin and an object of horror and scorn, a curse "—as they are today;

19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials and all his people,

20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines (those of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod);

21 Edom, Moab and Ammon;

22 all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;

23 Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who are in distant places ";

24 all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who live in the wilderness;

25 all the kings of Zimri, Elam and Media;

26 and all the kings of the north, near and far, one after the other —all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak "will drink it too.

27 "Then tell them, 'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword I will send among you.'

28 But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink, tell them, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: You must drink it!

29 See, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears my Name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword on all who live on the earth, declares the LORD Almighty.'

30 "Now prophesy all these words against them and say to them: "'The LORD will roar from on high; he will thunder from his holy dwelling and roar mightily against his land. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, shout against all who live on the earth.

31 The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth, for the LORD will bring charges against the nations; he will bring judgment on all mankind and put the wicked to the sword,'" declares the LORD.

32 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Look! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth."

33 At that time those slain by the LORD will be everywhere —from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered up or buried, but will be like dung lying on the ground.

34 Weep and wail, you shepherds; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For your time to be slaughtered has come; you will fall like the best of the rams. [^6]

35 The shepherds will have nowhere to flee, the leaders of the flock no place to escape.

36 Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

37 The peaceful meadows will be laid waste because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

38 Like a lion he will leave his lair, and their land will become desolate because of the sword "of the oppressor and because of the LORD's fierce anger.