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The word[H1697] that came to Jeremiah[H3414] concerning all the people[H5971] of Judah[H3063] in the fourth[H7243]year[H8141] of Jehoiakim[H3079] the son[H1121] of Josiah[H2977]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], that was the first[H7224]year[H8141] of Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894];
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The which Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030]spake[H1696] unto all the people[H5971] of Judah[H3063], and to all the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], saying[H559],
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From the thirteenth[H7969]year[H8141] of Josiah[H2977] the son[H1121] of Amon[H526]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], even unto this day[H3117], that is the three[H7969] and twentieth[H6242]year[H8141], the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] hath come unto me, and I have spoken[H1696] unto you, rising early[H7925] and speaking[H1696]; but ye have not hearkened[H8085].
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And the LORD[H3068] hath sent[H7971] unto you all his servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030], rising early[H7925] and sending[H7971] them; but ye have not hearkened[H8085], nor inclined[H5186] your ear[H241] to hear[H8085].
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They said[H559], Turn ye again[H7725] now every one[H376] from his evil[H7451]way[H1870], and from the evil[H7455] of your doings[H4611], and dwell[H3427] in the land[H127] that the LORD[H3068] hath given[H5414] unto you and to your fathers[H1]for[H5704]ever[H5769] and ever[H5769]:
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And go[H3212] not after[H310]other[H312]gods[H430] to serve[H5647] them, and to worship[H7812] them, and provoke me not to anger[H3707] with the works[H4639] of your hands[H3027]; and I will do you no hurt[H7489].
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Yet ye have not hearkened[H8085] unto me, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; that ye might provoke me to anger[H3707] with the works[H4639] of your hands[H3027] to your own hurt[H7451].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; Because ye have not heard[H8085] my words[H1697],
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Behold, I will send[H7971] and take[H3947] all the families[H4940] of the north[H6828], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], and Nebuchadrezzar[H5019] the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], my servant[H5650], and will bring[H935] them against this land[H776], and against the inhabitants[H3427] thereof, and against all these nations[H1471] round about[H5439], and will utterly destroy[H2763] them, and make[H7760] them an astonishment[H8047], and an hissing[H8322], and perpetual[H5769]desolations[H2723].
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Moreover I will take[H6] from them the voice[H6963] of mirth[H8342], and the voice[H6963] of gladness[H8057], the voice[H6963] of the bridegroom[H2860], and the voice[H6963] of the bride[H3618], the sound[H6963] of the millstones[H7347], and the light[H216] of the candle[H5216].
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And this whole land[H776] shall be a desolation[H2723], and an astonishment[H8047]; and these nations[H1471] shall serve[H5647] the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]seventy[H7657]years[H8141].
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And it shall come to pass, when seventy[H7657]years[H8141] are accomplished[H4390], that I will punish[H6485] the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and that nation[H1471], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], for their iniquity[H5771], and the land[H776] of the Chaldeans[H3778], and will make[H7760] it perpetual[H5769]desolations[H8077].
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And I will bring[H935] upon that land[H776] all my words[H1697] which I have pronounced[H1696] against it, even all that is written[H3789] in this book[H5612], which Jeremiah[H3414] hath prophesied[H5012] against all the nations[H1471].
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For many[H7227]nations[H1471] and great[H1419]kings[H4428] shall serve[H5647] themselves of them also: and I will recompense[H7999] them according to their deeds[H6467], and according to the works[H4639] of their own hands[H3027].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478] unto me; Take[H3947] the wine[H3196]cup[H3563] of this fury[H2534] at my hand[H3027], and cause all the nations[H1471], to whom I send[H7971] thee, to drink[H8248] it.
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And they shall drink[H8354], and be moved[H1607], and be mad[H1984], because[H6440] of the sword[H2719] that I will send[H7971] among them.
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Then took[H3947] I the cup[H3563] at the LORD[H3068]'S hand[H3027], and made all the nations[H1471] to drink[H8248], unto whom the LORD[H3068] had sent[H7971] me:
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To wit, Jerusalem[H3389], and the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], and the kings[H4428] thereof, and the princes[H8269] thereof, to make[H5414] them a desolation[H2723], an astonishment[H8047], an hissing[H8322], and a curse[H7045]; as it is this day[H3117];
19Pharaoh[H6547]king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714], and his servants[H5650], and his princes[H8269], and all his people[H5971];
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And all the mingled[H6153] people, and all the kings[H4428] of the land[H776] of Uz[H5780], and all the kings[H4428] of the land[H776] of the Philistines[H6430], and Ashkelon[H831], and Azzah[H5804], and Ekron[H6138], and the remnant[H7611] of Ashdod[H795],
21Edom[H123], and Moab[H4124], and the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983],
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And all the kings[H4428] of Tyrus[H6865], and all the kings[H4428] of Zidon[H6721], and the kings[H4428] of the isles[H339] which are beyond[H5676] the sea[H3220],
23Dedan[H1719], and Tema[H8485], and Buz[H938], and all that are in the utmost[H7112]corners[H6285],
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And all the kings[H4428] of Arabia[H6152], and all the kings[H4428] of the mingled people[H6153] that dwell[H7931] in the desert[H4057],
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And all the kings[H4428] of Zimri[H2174], and all the kings[H4428] of Elam[H5867], and all the kings[H4428] of the Medes[H4074],
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And all the kings[H4428] of the north[H6828], far[H7350] and near[H7138], one[H376] with another[H251], and all the kingdoms[H4467] of the world[H776], which are upon the face[H6440] of the earth[H127]: and the king[H4428] of Sheshach[H8347] shall drink[H8354]after[H310] them.
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Therefore thou shalt say[H559] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Drink[H8354] ye, and be drunken[H7937], and spue[H7006], and fall[H5307], and rise[H6965] no more, because[H6440] of the sword[H2719] which I will send[H7971] among you.
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And it shall be, if they refuse[H3985] to take[H3947] the cup[H3563] at thine hand[H3027] to drink[H8354], then shalt thou say[H559] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; Ye shall certainly[H8354]drink[H8354].
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For, lo, I begin[H2490] to bring evil[H7489] on the city[H5892] which is called[H7121] by my name[H8034], and should ye be utterly[H5352]unpunished?[H5352] Ye shall not be unpunished[H5352]: for I will call[H7121] for a sword[H2719] upon all the inhabitants[H3427] of the earth[H776], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
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Therefore prophesy[H5012] thou against them all these words[H1697], and say[H559] unto them, The LORD[H3068] shall roar[H7580] from on high[H4791], and utter[H5414] his voice[H6963] from his holy[H6944]habitation[H4583]; he shall mightily[H7580]roar[H7580] upon his habitation[H5116]; he shall give[H6030] a shout[H1959], as they that tread[H1869] the grapes, against all the inhabitants[H3427] of the earth[H776].
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A noise[H7588] shall come[H935] even to the ends[H7097] of the earth[H776]; for the LORD[H3068] hath a controversy[H7379] with the nations[H1471], he will plead[H8199] with all flesh[H1320]; he will give[H5414] them that are wicked[H7563] to the sword[H2719], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], Behold, evil[H7451] shall go forth[H3318] from nation[H1471] to nation[H1471], and a great[H1419]whirlwind[H5591] shall be raised up[H5782] from the coasts[H3411] of the earth[H776].
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And the slain[H2491] of the LORD[H3068] shall be at that day[H3117] from one end[H7097] of the earth[H776] even unto the other end[H7097] of the earth[H776]: they shall not be lamented[H5594], neither gathered[H622], nor buried[H6912]; they shall be dung[H1828]upon[H6440] the ground[H127].
34Howl[H3213], ye shepherds[H7462], and cry[H2199]; and wallow[H6428] yourselves in the ashes, ye principal[H117] of the flock[H6629]: for the days[H3117] of your slaughter[H2873] and of your dispersions[H8600] are accomplished[H4390]; and ye shall fall[H5307] like a pleasant[H2532]vessel[H3627].
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And the shepherds[H7462] shall have no way[H4498] to flee[H6], nor the principal[H117] of the flock[H6629] to escape[H6413].
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A voice[H6963] of the cry[H6818] of the shepherds[H7462], and an howling[H3215] of the principal[H117] of the flock[H6629], shall be heard: for the LORD[H3068] hath spoiled[H7703] their pasture[H4830].
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And the peaceable[H7965]habitations[H4999] are cut down[H1826]because[H6440] of the fierce[H2740]anger[H639] of the LORD[H3068].
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He hath forsaken[H5800] his covert[H5520], as the lion[H3715]: for their land[H776] is desolate[H8047]because[H6440] of the fierceness[H2740] of the oppressor[H3238], and because[H6440] of his fierce[H2740]anger[H639].