Jeremiah 32, verse 1. What Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations. Jeremiah 32, verse 2. Thus says the Lord God of Israel: “Take a cup of the unmixed wine from My hand, and you shall cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. Jeremiah 32, verse 3. They will drink, vomit, and be insane because of the presence of the sword I send among them.” Jeremiah 32, verse 4. So I took the cup from the hand of the Lord and caused the nations to whom the Lord sent me to drink it: Jeremiah 32, verse 5. Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, the kings of Judah and its rulers, to put them into desolation, to make them an untrodden place and a hissing; Jeremiah 32, verse 6. and Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his nobles, and all his people; Jeremiah 32, verse 7. all the mixed multitude and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; Jeremiah 32, verse 8. and Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon; Jeremiah 32, verse 9. and all the kings of Tyre, the kings of Sidon, and the kings in the seas beyond; Jeremiah 32, verse 10. and Dedan, Teman, and Buz, and everyone who shaves round about his face; Jeremiah 32, verse 11. and all the mixed multitude who dwell in the desert; Jeremiah 32, verse 12. and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Persians; Jeremiah 32, verse 13. and all the kings from the faraway East, each one with his brother; and all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. Jeremiah 32, verse 14. “You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Almighty: “Drink and become drunk, and you shall vomit, fall, and not rise because of the presence of the sword I send among you.’” Jeremiah 32, verse 15. It shall come to pass, when they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink it, you shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord: “You shall surely drink it. Jeremiah 32, verse 16. For I will begin to afflict the city upon which My name is called, and you will not be guiltless; because I will call a sword upon all who dwell upon the earth.’” Jeremiah 32, verse 17. “You shall prophesy against them these words, and say, ‘The Lord shall speak from on high, to instruct from His sanctuary. He will utter His voice, and declare a word against His place.’ They will answer like men who gather grapes and shout in harvest; Jeremiah 32, verse 18. and destruction is coming upon those who dwell on earth—to the ends of the earth. For the Lord has a controversy with the nations. He is pleading with all flesh, and the ungodly are given to the sword.” Jeremiah 32, verse 19. Thus says the Lord: “Behold, evils go from nation to nation, and a great storm proceeds from the ends of the earth. Jeremiah 32, verse 20. In the day of the Lord, the slain of the Lord shall be from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be buried, but will be as manure on the face of the earth. Jeremiah 32, verse 21. Wail loudly, you shepherds, and cry aloud. Strike yourselves, you rams of the sheep, for your days are filled for slaughter, and you shall fall like choice rams. Jeremiah 32, verse 22. Flight shall vanish from the shepherds and safety from the rams of the flock. Jeremiah 32, verse 23. There shall be a voice of outcry from the shepherds, and the loud wailing of sheep and rams shall be heard, for the Lord destroyed their pasture. Jeremiah 32, verse 24. The remnants of the peace will end because of the fierceness of My wrath. Jeremiah 32, verse 25. Like a lion, he forsook his lair, for their land became impassable because of the presence of the great sword.”
Jeremiah 32
Masoretic — chapter 25
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