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1 The davar that came to Yirmeyah concerning kol HaAm Yehudah in the fourth year of Y'hoyakim Ben Yoshiyah Melech Yehudah, that was the first year of Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel; 2 The which Yirmeyah HaNavi spoke unto kol HaAm Yehudah, and to all the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, saying: 3 From the thirteenth year of Yoshiyah Ben Amon Melech Yehudah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the Devar Hashem hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not paid heed. 4 And Hashem hath sent unto you all His avadim the nevi'im, rising early and sending them; but ye have not paid heed, nor inclined your ozen to hear. 5 They said, Shuvu, make teshuvah now every ish from his derech ra'ah, and from the rah of your doings, and dwell in ha'aretz that Hashem hath given unto you and to avoteichem l'min olam v'ad olam; 6 And go not after elohim acherim 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 harm. 7 Yet ye have not paid heed unto Me, saith Hashem; that ye might provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
8 Therefore thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: Because ye have not paid heed to My Devarim, 9 Hinei, I will send and take all the mishpekhot of the tzafon (north), saith Hashem, and Avdi Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these Goyim all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will cause to perish from them the kol sasson (voice of gladness), and the kol simchah (voice of joy), the voice of the Choson, and the voice of the Kallah, the sound of the millstones, and the ohr of the ner. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these Goyim shall serve Melech Bavel shiv'im shanah (seventy years).* 12 And it shall come to pass, when shiv'im shanah are accomplished, that I will punish Melech Bavel, and that nation, saith Hashem, for their avon, and the Eretz Kasdim (Land of Chaldeans), and will make it perpetual desolations. 13 And I will bring upon that land all My Devarim which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this sefer, which Yirmeyah hath prophesied against kol HaGoyim. 0 14 For Goyim rabbim and melachim gedolim shall enslave them also; I will recompense them according to their deeds, according to the ma'aseh of their own hands.
15 For thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel unto me: Take this kos hayayin haChemah (wine cup of wrath)† from My yad, and cause kol HaGoyim, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and stagger, and go mad, because of the cherev that I will send among them.
17 Then took I the Kos from the yad Hashem, and made all the Goyim to drink, unto whom Hashem had sent me; 18 Namely, Yerushalayim, and the towns of Yehudah, and the melachim thereof, and the sarim thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a kelalah (curse); as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim, and his avadim, and his sarim and all his people; 20 And all the mixed multitude rabble, and kol melachim of Eretz Utz, and kol melachim of Eretz Pelishtim, and Ashkelon, and Azah (Gaza), and Ekron, and the she'erit (remnant) of Ashdod, 21 Edom, and Moav, and the Bnei Ammon, 22 And kol melachim of Tzor, and kol melachim of Tzidon, and the melachim of the coastlands which are beyond the yam, 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost [desert] fringes, 24 And kol melachim of Arabia, and kol melachim of the mixed multitude rabble that dwell in the desert, 25 And kol melachim of Zimri, and kol melachim of Eilam, and kol melachim of the Medes, 26 And kol melachim of the tzafon, far and near, one after another, and all the mamlechot ha'aretz, which are upon the face of adamah; and Melech Sheshach‡ shall drink after them.
27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: Drink ye, and become shikkor, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the cherev which I will send among you.
28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the Kos at thine yad to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os, Ye shall certainly drink. 29 For, hinei, I begin to bring ra'ah on the Ir which is called by My Shem, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a cherev upon all the inhabitants of ha'aretz, saith Hashem Tzva'os.
30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these Devarim, and say unto them:
Hashem shall roar from on high,
and utter His voice from His Ma'on Kodesh;
He shall mightily roar upon His Naveh (Dwelling);
He shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes,
against all the inhabitants of ha'aretz.
31 A noise shall come even to the ends of ha'aretz;
for Hashem hath a legal controversy with the Goyim,
He will plead His case with kol basar;
He will give them that are wicked to the cherev,
saith Hashem.
32 Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os,
Hinei, ra'ah shall go forth from Goy to Goy,
and a sa'ar gadol (great whirlwind) shall be raised up
from the farthest ends of Eretz.
33 And the slain of Hashem shall be at that day from one end of ha'aretz even unto the other end of ha'aretz; they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the adamah.
34 Wail, ye ro'im (shepherds), and weep;
and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye leaders of the tzon;
for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished;
and ye shall fall like a precious pottery vessel.
35 And the ro'im (shepherds) shall have no refuge for fleeing,
nor the leader of the tzon to escape.
36 A voice of the cry of the ro'im
and a wailing of the leaders of the tzon, shall be heard:
for Hashem hath destroyed their pasture.
37 And the ne'ot hashalom (peaceful folds) are laid waste because of the Charon Af Hashem.
38 He hath left His hiding place, as the lion;
for their land is desolate because of the charon (anger) of the oppressor,
and because of His charon af.
* 25:11 T.N. Note: length of Exile predicted here. † 25:15 See Lk 22:42 ‡ 25:26 Babylon