Seventy Years of Captivity 1 Brenton The Word that came to Jeremias concerning all the people of Juda in the fourth year of Joakim, son of Josias, king of Juda; BSB BSB: This is the word that 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 Brenton which he spoke to all the people of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, BSB BSB: So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows:
3 Brenton In the thirteenth year of Josias, son of Amos, king of Juda, even until this day for three and twenty years, I have both spoken to you, rising early and speaking, BSB BSB: “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
4 Brenton and I sent to you my servants the prophets, sending them early; (but ye hearkened not, and listened not with your ears;) saying, BSB BSB: And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.
5 Brenton Turn ye every one from his evil way, and from your evil practices, and ye shall dwell in the land which I gave to you and your fathers, of old and for ever. BSB BSB: The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.
6 Brenton Go ye not after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them, that ye provoke me not by the works of your hands, to do you hurt. BSB BSB: Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’
7 Brenton But ye hearkened not to me. BSB BSB: ‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’
8 Brenton Therefore thus saith the Lord; Since ye believed not my words, BSB BSB: Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words,
9 Brenton behold, I will send and take a family from the north, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all the nations round about it, and I will make them utterly waste, and make them a desolation, and a hissing, and an everlasting reproach. BSB BSB: behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
10 Brenton And I will destroy from among them the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the scent of ointment, and the light of a candle. BSB BSB: Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
11 Brenton And all the land shall be a desolation; and they shall serve among the Gentiles seventy years. BSB BSB: And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
12 Brenton And when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will take vengeance on that nation, and will make them a perpetual desolation. BSB BSB: But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.
13 Brenton And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have spoken against it, even all things that are written in this book. BSB BSB: I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.
The Cup of God’s Wrath 15 Brenton Thus said the Lord God of Israel; Take the cup of this unmixed wine from mine hand, and thou shalt cause all the nations to drink, to whom I send thee. BSB BSB: This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
16 Brenton And they shall drink, and vomit, and be mad, because of the sword which I send among them. BSB BSB: And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”
17 Brenton So I took the cup out of the Lord's hand, and caused the nations to whom the Lord sent me to drink: BSB BSB: So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,
18 Brenton Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, and the kings of Juda, and his princes, to make them a desert place, a desolation, and a hissing; BSB BSB: to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;
19 Brenton and Pharao king of Egypt, and his servants, and his nobles, and all his people; BSB BSB: Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;
20 Brenton and all the mingled people , and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ascalon, and Gaza, and Accaron, and the remnant of Azotus, BSB BSB: all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
21 Brenton and Idumea, and the land of Moab, and the children of Ammon, BSB BSB: Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
22 Brenton and the kings of Tyre, and the kings of Sidon, and the kings in the country beyond the sea, BSB BSB: all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;
23 Brenton and Dædan, and Thæman, and Ros, and every one that is shaved round about the face, BSB BSB: Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
24 Brenton and all the mingled people lodging in the wilderness, BSB BSB: all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
25 Brenton and all the kings of Ælam, and all the kings of the Persians, BSB BSB: all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
26 Brenton and all the kings from the north, the far and the near, each one with his brother, and all the kingdoms which are on the face of the earth. BSB BSB: all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
27 Brenton And thou shalt say to them, Thus said the Lord Almighty; Drink ye, be ye drunken; and ye shall vomit, and shall fall, and shall in nowise rise, because of the sword which I send among you. BSB BSB: “Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
28 Brenton And it shall come to pass, when they refuse to take the cup out of thine hand, to drink it, that thou shalt say, Thus said the Lord; Ye shall surely drink. BSB BSB: If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it!
29 Brenton For I am beginning to afflict the city whereon my name is called, and ye shall by no means be held guiltless: for I am calling a sword upon all that dwell upon the earth. BSB BSB: For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’
30 Brenton And thou shalt prophesy against them these words, and shalt say, The Lord shall speak from on high, from his sanctuary he will utter his voice; he will pronounce a declaration on his place; and these shall answer like men gathering grapes: and destruction is coming on them that dwell on the earth, BSB BSB: So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 Brenton even upon the extreme part 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, saith the Lord.BSB BSB: The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.
32 Brenton Thus said the Lord; Behold, evils are proceeding from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind goes forth from the end of the earth. BSB BSB: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”
33 Brenton And the slain of the Lord shall be in the day of the Lord from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be buried; they shall be as dung on the face of the earth. BSB BSB: Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.
The Cry of the Shepherds 34 Brenton Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and lament, ye rams of the flock: for your days have been completed for slaughter, and ye shall fall as the choice rams. BSB BSB: Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
35 Brenton And flight shall perish from the shepherds, and safety from the rams of the flock. BSB BSB: Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.
36 Brenton A voice of the crying of the shepherds, and a moaning of the sheep and the rams: for the Lord has destroyed their pastures. BSB BSB: Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
37 Brenton And the peaceable abodes that remain shall be destroyed before the fierceness of my anger. BSB BSB: The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.
38 Brenton He has forsaken his lair, as a lion: for their land is become desolate before the great sword. BSB BSB: He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
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