Jeremiah 25:3-23

Jeremiah 25:3-23

[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.  [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.  [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  hath given  unto you and to your fathers  for  ever  [6] 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.  [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.  [8] Therefore thus saith  the LORD  of hosts;  Because ye have not heard  my words,  [9] Behold, 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.  [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 candle.  [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  the LORD,  for their iniquity,  and the land  of the Chaldeans,  and will make  it perpetual  desolations.  [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 serve  themselves of them also: and I will recompense  them according to their deeds,  and according to the works  of their own hands.  [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  [16] And they shall drink,  and be moved,  and be mad,  because  of the sword  that I will send  [17] Then took  I the cup  at the LORD'S  hand,  and made all the nations  to drink,  unto whom the LORD  had sent  [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;  [19] Pharaoh  king  of Egypt,  and his servants,  and his princes,  and all his people;  [20] 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,  [21] Edom,  and Moab,  and the children  of Ammon,  [22] And all the kings  of Tyrus,  and all the kings  of Zidon,  and the kings  of the isles  which are beyond  the sea,  [23] Dedan,  and Tema,  and Buz,  and all that are in the utmost  corners,