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耶利米书 24-26
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
耶利米书 24-26
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
两筐无花果的比喻
24 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒把犹大王约雅敬的儿子耶哥尼雅，和犹大的众领袖、工匠与铁匠从耶路撒冷掳到巴比伦去。这事以后，耶和华使我看见在耶和华的殿前面摆着两筐无花果。 2 一筐是极好的无花果，像初熟的无花果；另一筐是极坏的无花果，坏到不能吃。 3 于是耶和华问我：“耶利米啊，你看见甚么？”我回答：“我看见无花果。那些好的无花果极好，坏的却极坏，坏到不能吃。”
好无花果
4 耶和华的话临到我，说： 5 “耶和华以色列的 神这样说：‘被掳去的犹大人，就是我打发离开这地方到迦勒底人之地去的，我必看他们如同这些好的无花果一样，眷顾他们。 6 我必关注他们，眷顾他们，领他们归回这地。我必建立他们，必不拆毁；我必栽植他们，必不拔除。 7 我必赐给他们一颗认识我的心，知道我就是耶和华；他们要作我的子民，我要亲自作他们的 神，因为他们必一心归向我。’”
坏无花果
8 “但耶和华这样说：‘我怎样处置那些坏到不能吃的坏无花果，我也必照样对待犹大王西底家、他的众领袖和耶路撒冷的余民，不论是余剩在这地的，或是住在埃及地的。 9 我必使他们成为地上万国所惊恐、所讨厌的；在我赶逐他们到的各地方，成为被人羞辱、讥笑、嘲弄、咒诅的对象。 10 我必打发刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫去攻击他们，直到他们从我赐给他们和他们列祖的土地上都消灭了。’”
责犹大人不听 神的警告
25 犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬第四年，就是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒第一年，有话临到耶利米，是关于犹大众民的。 2 耶利米先知就把这话告诉犹大众民和耶路撒冷所有的居民，说： 3 “从犹大王亚们的儿子约西亚第十三年直到今日，这二十三年来，常有耶和华的话临到我，我也不断对你们传讲，你们却不听从。 4 耶和华虽然不断差遣他的仆人众先知到你们那里去；但你们却没有听从，毫不留心。 5 他们对你们说：‘你们各人要悔改，离开自己的恶道和邪恶的行为，就可以住在耶和华赐给你们和你们列祖的土地上，直到永永远远。’”
6 “你们不要随从别的神，不要事奉敬拜他们，也不可容你们手所作的惹我发怒；这样，我就不会使祸患临到你们。 7 但你们没有听从我，竟容你们手所作的惹我发怒，自招祸害。”这是耶和华的宣告。
预言被掳七十年
8 因此，万军之耶和华这样说：“因为你们没有听从我的话， 9 看哪！我要打发人去征召北方的众族，和我的仆人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒，领他们来攻击这地和这地的居民，以及周围的列国；我要把他们彻底消灭，使他们成为令人惊骇，受人嗤笑的对象，和永远荒废的地方。”这是耶和华的宣告。 10 “我要从他们中间除掉欢喜和快乐的声音，新郎和新妇的声音，推磨的声音和灯的亮光。 11 这地要全变为荒废，令人惊骇；这些国家要服事巴比伦王七十年。
事后惩罚巴比伦
12 “七十年满了以后，我要按着他们的罪孽惩罚巴比伦王和那国，就是迦勒底人之地，使它永远荒凉。”这是耶和华的宣告。 13 “我必使我所说攻击那地的一切话应验在那地；我所说的，就是一切记录在这书上的，是耶利米攻击列国所说的预言。 14 因为许多国家和大君王将要奴役迦勒底人，我必按着他们的作为和他们手所作的报应他们。”
神审判列国
15 耶和华以色列的 神对我这样说：“你从我的手中拿这杯烈怒的酒，给列国喝，就是我差遣你去的列国。 16 他们喝了，就会东倒西歪，疯狂乱性，因为我打发刀剑到他们中间去。” 17 于是我从耶和华的手中接过这杯，给列国喝，就是耶和华差遣我去的列国， 18 包括耶路撒冷、犹大的城镇，和她的君王、领袖，使这些城镇荒废，成为令人惊骇、被人嗤笑、咒骂的对象，好象今天一样。 19 又包括法老，就是埃及王，和他的臣仆、王侯，以及全体人民， 20 并所有外族的人；还有乌斯地的众王、非利士人之地的众王，就是亚实基伦、迦萨，以革伦和亚实突余剩的人的王； 21 并有以东、摩押、亚扪、 22 推罗的列王、西顿的列王、海外岛屿的列王、 23 底但、提玛、布斯，所有剃除鬓发的部落、 24 阿拉伯的列王、住在沙漠的外族人的列王、 25 心利的列王、以拦的列王、玛代的列王、 26 北方远近的列王，一个一个，以及地上的万国，就是在这地面上的列国，都喝了；他们喝了以后，示沙克王也要喝。
27 “你要对他们说：‘万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说：你们要喝，并要喝醉，呕吐，以致跌倒，不能再起来，因为我打发刀剑到你们中间去。’ 28 如果他们不肯从你的手中接过这杯来喝，你就要对他们说：‘万军之耶和华这样说：你们一定要喝。 29 因为，看哪！我既然在那称为我名下的城中先降灾祸，你们真可免受惩罚吗？你们必不能免受惩罚，因为我要呼唤刀剑来攻击这地所有的居民。’”这是万军之耶和华的宣告。
30 “因此你要对他们宣讲这一切话，对他们说：
‘耶和华必从高天吼叫，
从他的圣所发声；
他必大声吼叫攻击自己的羊圈；
他要对地上所有的居民呼喊，
像那些踹葡萄的人呼喊一样。
31 吶喊的声音要传到地极，
因为耶和华要控告列国，
也要审判万人；
至于恶人，他必把他们交给刀剑。’”
这是耶和华的宣告。
32 万军之耶和华这样说：
“看哪！必有灾祸发出，
从这国直到那国；
必有大风暴从地极刮起。”
33 到那日，从地的这边到地的那边，都必有被耶和华刺死的人；必没有人为他们悲哀，没有人收殓他们、埋葬他们；他们都必在地面上成为粪肥。
34 牧人啊，你们要哀号，呼叫！
羊群的领袖啊，你们要在灰尘中打滚！
因为你们被宰杀的日子已经到了；
我要粉碎你们，
你们要跌倒，像珍贵的器皿跌碎一样。
35 牧人无处逃避，
羊群的领袖无法逃脱。
36 听啊！牧人的哀叫，
羊群的领袖的悲号，
因为耶和华正在毁坏他们的牧场。
37 因为耶和华猛烈的怒气，
平静的羊圈毁坏了。
38 他像狮子离开了洞穴，
他们的国土实在变成荒野，
因为欺压人的刀剑（“刀剑”有古抄本作“猛烈”），
和他猛烈的怒气临到他们。
警告人民悔改
26 犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬开始执政的时候，有这话从耶和华那里临到耶利米，说： 2 “耶和华这样说：‘你要站在耶和华殿的院子里，对来自犹大各城，到耶和华殿敬拜的人，把我吩咐你对他们说的一切话，一字不漏告诉他们。 3 或者他们肯听从，各人转离自己的恶道，我就回心转意，不把我因为他们的恶行原想要施行的灾祸，降给他们。 4 你要对他们说：耶和华这样说：如果你们不听从我，不遵行我设立在你们面前的律法， 5 不听从我差遣到你们那里去的我的仆人众先知的话（我不断差遣他们，但你们一直都不听从）， 6 我就必使这殿像示罗一样，使这城成为地上列国咒诅的对象。’”
耶利米受审
7 耶利米在耶和华殿里所说的这些话，众祭司、众先知和众民都听见了。 8 耶利米说完了耶和华吩咐他对众民所说的一切话，众祭司、众先知和众民就抓住他，说：“你必要死！ 9 你为甚么奉耶和华的名预言，说：‘这殿必像示罗一样，这城必变为荒场，没有人居住呢？’”于是众民在耶和华的殿里集合到耶利米那里。
10 犹大的领袖听见了这些事，就从王宫上到耶和华的殿，坐在耶和华殿里新门的入口。 11 祭司和先知对领袖和众民说：“这人应该处死，因为他说预言攻击这城，正如你们亲耳听见的。” 12 耶利米对众领袖和众民说：“耶和华差遣我预言你们所听见，一切攻击这殿和这城的话。 13 现在，你们要改善你们所行所作的，听从耶和华你们的 神的话，耶和华就必回心转意，不把所说的灾祸降给你们。 14 至于我，我在你们手中；你们看怎样好，怎样对，就怎样待我吧！ 15 不过你们要确实知道，如果你们杀死我，就必使无辜的人的血归到你们和这城，以及这城的居民头上，因为耶和华实在差遣了我到你们中间，把这一切话传到你们耳中。”
领袖人民均为耶利米辩护
16 于是众领袖和众民对祭司和先知说：“这人不应该处死，因为他奉耶和华我们 神的名对我们说话。” 17 那地的长老中有几个人起来，对集合在场的全体人民说： 18 “在犹大王希西家的日子，摩利沙人弥迦对犹大的众民说预言：‘万军之耶和华这样说：锡安要像田地被耕犁，耶路撒冷必成为废墟，这殿的山必变为杂树丛生的高冈。’ 19 犹大王希西家和犹大众人可曾把他处死呢？希西家不是敬畏耶和华，求他开恩，以致耶和华回心转意，没有把他所说的灾祸降在他们身上吗？但我们现在竟自招大祸。”
乌利亚被杀
20 曾有一个人，就是基列．耶琳人示玛雅的儿子乌利亚，他奉耶和华的名说预言，攻击这城和这地，他的预言和耶利米所说的一样。 21 约雅敬王和他所有的勇士，以及犹大的众领袖听见了乌利亚的话，王就想要杀他。乌利亚听见了，就惧怕，就逃往埃及去。 22 约雅敬王打发人到埃及去，就是派亚革波的儿子以利拿单和一些人同到埃及去。 23 他们就把乌利亚从埃及带出来，送到约雅敬王那里。王用刀杀死他，把他的尸体拋在平民的坟地里。
亚希甘维护耶利米
24 然而沙番的儿子亚希甘却保护耶利米，不许人把耶利米交在人民的手中处死。
耶利米书 24-26
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
耶利米书 24-26
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
兩筐無花果的比喻
24 巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒把猶大王約雅敬的兒子耶哥尼雅，和猶大的眾領袖、工匠與鐵匠從耶路撒冷擄到巴比倫去。這事以後，耶和華使我看見在耶和華的殿前面擺著兩筐無花果。 2 一筐是極好的無花果，像初熟的無花果；另一筐是極壞的無花果，壞到不能吃。 3 於是耶和華問我：“耶利米啊，你看見甚麼？”我回答：“我看見無花果。那些好的無花果極好，壞的卻極壞，壞到不能吃。”
好無花果
4 耶和華的話臨到我，說： 5 “耶和華以色列的 神這樣說：‘被擄去的猶大人，就是我打發離開這地方到迦勒底人之地去的，我必看他們如同這些好的無花果一樣，眷顧他們。 6 我必關注他們，眷顧他們，領他們歸回這地。我必建立他們，必不拆毀；我必栽植他們，必不拔除。 7 我必賜給他們一顆認識我的心，知道我就是耶和華；他們要作我的子民，我要親自作他們的 神，因為他們必一心歸向我。’”
壞無花果
8 “但耶和華這樣說：‘我怎樣處置那些壞到不能吃的壞無花果，我也必照樣對待猶大王西底家、他的眾領袖和耶路撒冷的餘民，不論是餘剩在這地的，或是住在埃及地的。 9 我必使他們成為地上萬國所驚恐、所討厭的；在我趕逐他們到的各地方，成為被人羞辱、譏笑、嘲弄、咒詛的對象。 10 我必打發刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫去攻擊他們，直到他們從我賜給他們和他們列祖的土地上都消滅了。’”
責猶大人不聽 神的警告
25 猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬第四年，就是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒第一年，有話臨到耶利米，是關於猶大眾民的。 2 耶利米先知就把這話告訴猶大眾民和耶路撒冷所有的居民，說： 3 “從猶大王亞們的兒子約西亞第十三年直到今日，這二十三年來，常有耶和華的話臨到我，我也不斷對你們傳講，你們卻不聽從。 4 耶和華雖然不斷差遣他的僕人眾先知到你們那裡去；但你們卻沒有聽從，毫不留心。 5 他們對你們說：‘你們各人要悔改，離開自己的惡道和邪惡的行為，就可以住在耶和華賜給你們和你們列祖的土地上，直到永永遠遠。’”
6 “你們不要隨從別的神，不要事奉敬拜他們，也不可容你們手所作的惹我發怒；這樣，我就不會使禍患臨到你們。 7 但你們沒有聽從我，竟容你們手所作的惹我發怒，自招禍害。”這是耶和華的宣告。
預言被擄七十年
8 因此，萬軍之耶和華這樣說：“因為你們沒有聽從我的話， 9 看哪！我要打發人去徵召北方的眾族，和我的僕人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒，領他們來攻擊這地和這地的居民，以及周圍的列國；我要把他們徹底消滅，使他們成為令人驚駭，受人嗤笑的對象，和永遠荒廢的地方。”這是耶和華的宣告。 10 “我要從他們中間除掉歡喜和快樂的聲音，新郎和新婦的聲音，推磨的聲音和燈的亮光。 11 這地要全變為荒廢，令人驚駭；這些國家要服事巴比倫王七十年。
事後懲罰巴比倫
12 “七十年滿了以後，我要按著他們的罪孽懲罰巴比倫王和那國，就是迦勒底人之地，使它永遠荒涼。”這是耶和華的宣告。 13 “我必使我所說攻擊那地的一切話應驗在那地；我所說的，就是一切記錄在這書上的，是耶利米攻擊列國所說的預言。 14 因為許多國家和大君王將要奴役迦勒底人，我必按著他們的作為和他們手所作的報應他們。”
神審判列國
15 耶和華以色列的 神對我這樣說：“你從我的手中拿這杯烈怒的酒，給列國喝，就是我差遣你去的列國。 16 他們喝了，就會東倒西歪，瘋狂亂性，因為我打發刀劍到他們中間去。” 17 於是我從耶和華的手中接過這杯，給列國喝，就是耶和華差遣我去的列國， 18 包括耶路撒冷、猶大的城鎮，和她的君王、領袖，使這些城鎮荒廢，成為令人驚駭、被人嗤笑、咒罵的對象，好像今天一樣。 19 又包括法老，就是埃及王，和他的臣僕、王侯，以及全體人民， 20 並所有外族的人；還有烏斯地的眾王、非利士人之地的眾王，就是亞實基倫、迦薩，以革倫和亞實突餘剩的人的王； 21 並有以東、摩押、亞捫、 22 推羅的列王、西頓的列王、海外島嶼的列王、 23 底但、提瑪、布斯，所有剃除鬢髮的部落、 24 阿拉伯的列王、住在沙漠的外族人的列王、 25 心利的列王、以攔的列王、瑪代的列王、 26 北方遠近的列王，一個一個，以及地上的萬國，就是在這地面上的列國，都喝了；他們喝了以後，示沙克王也要喝。
27 “你要對他們說：‘萬軍之耶和華以色列的 神這樣說：你們要喝，並要喝醉，嘔吐，以致跌倒，不能再起來，因為我打發刀劍到你們中間去。’ 28 如果他們不肯從你的手中接過這杯來喝，你就要對他們說：‘萬軍之耶和華這樣說：你們一定要喝。 29 因為，看哪！我既然在那稱為我名下的城中先降災禍，你們真可免受懲罰嗎？你們必不能免受懲罰，因為我要呼喚刀劍來攻擊這地所有的居民。’”這是萬軍之耶和華的宣告。
30 “因此你要對他們宣講這一切話，對他們說：
‘耶和華必從高天吼叫，
從他的聖所發聲；
他必大聲吼叫攻擊自己的羊圈；
他要對地上所有的居民呼喊，
像那些踹葡萄的人呼喊一樣。
31 吶喊的聲音要傳到地極，
因為耶和華要控告列國，
也要審判萬人；
至於惡人，他必把他們交給刀劍。’”
這是耶和華的宣告。
32 萬軍之耶和華這樣說：
“看哪！必有災禍發出，
從這國直到那國；
必有大風暴從地極颳起。”
33 到那日，從地的這邊到地的那邊，都必有被耶和華刺死的人；必沒有人為他們悲哀，沒有人收殮他們、埋葬他們；他們都必在地面上成為糞肥。
34 牧人啊，你們要哀號，呼叫！
羊群的領袖啊，你們要在灰塵中打滾！
因為你們被宰殺的日子已經到了；
我要粉碎你們，
你們要跌倒，像珍貴的器皿跌碎一樣。
35 牧人無處逃避，
羊群的領袖無法逃脫。
36 聽啊！牧人的哀叫，
羊群的領袖的悲號，
因為耶和華正在毀壞他們的牧場。
37 因為耶和華猛烈的怒氣，
平靜的羊圈毀壞了。
38 他像獅子離開了洞穴，
他們的國土實在變成荒野，
因為欺壓人的刀劍（“刀劍”有古抄本作“猛烈”），
和他猛烈的怒氣臨到他們。
警告人民悔改
26 猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬開始執政的時候，有這話從耶和華那裡臨到耶利米，說： 2 “耶和華這樣說：‘你要站在耶和華殿的院子裡，對來自猶大各城，到耶和華殿敬拜的人，把我吩咐你對他們說的一切話，一字不漏告訴他們。 3 或者他們肯聽從，各人轉離自己的惡道，我就回心轉意，不把我因為他們的惡行原想要施行的災禍，降給他們。 4 你要對他們說：耶和華這樣說：如果你們不聽從我，不遵行我設立在你們面前的律法， 5 不聽從我差遣到你們那裡去的我的僕人眾先知的話（我不斷差遣他們，但你們一直都不聽從）， 6 我就必使這殿像示羅一樣，使這城成為地上列國咒詛的對象。’”
耶利米受審
7 耶利米在耶和華殿裡所說的這些話，眾祭司、眾先知和眾民都聽見了。 8 耶利米說完了耶和華吩咐他對眾民所說的一切話，眾祭司、眾先知和眾民就抓住他，說：“你必要死！ 9 你為甚麼奉耶和華的名預言，說：‘這殿必像示羅一樣，這城必變為荒場，沒有人居住呢？’”於是眾民在耶和華的殿裡集合到耶利米那裡。
10 猶大的領袖聽見了這些事，就從王宮上到耶和華的殿，坐在耶和華殿裡新門的入口。 11 祭司和先知對領袖和眾民說：“這人應該處死，因為他說預言攻擊這城，正如你們親耳聽見的。” 12 耶利米對眾領袖和眾民說：“耶和華差遣我預言你們所聽見，一切攻擊這殿和這城的話。 13 現在，你們要改善你們所行所作的，聽從耶和華你們的 神的話，耶和華就必回心轉意，不把所說的災禍降給你們。 14 至於我，我在你們手中；你們看怎樣好，怎樣對，就怎樣待我吧！ 15 不過你們要確實知道，如果你們殺死我，就必使無辜的人的血歸到你們和這城，以及這城的居民頭上，因為耶和華實在差遣了我到你們中間，把這一切話傳到你們耳中。”
領袖人民均為耶利米辯護
16 於是眾領袖和眾民對祭司和先知說：“這人不應該處死，因為他奉耶和華我們 神的名對我們說話。” 17 那地的長老中有幾個人起來，對集合在場的全體人民說： 18 “在猶大王希西家的日子，摩利沙人彌迦對猶大的眾民說預言：‘萬軍之耶和華這樣說：錫安要像田地被耕犁，耶路撒冷必成為廢墟，這殿的山必變為雜樹叢生的高岡。’ 19 猶大王希西家和猶大眾人可曾把他處死呢？希西家不是敬畏耶和華，求他開恩，以致耶和華回心轉意，沒有把他所說的災禍降在他們身上嗎？但我們現在竟自招大禍。”
烏利亞被殺
20 曾有一個人，就是基列．耶琳人示瑪雅的兒子烏利亞，他奉耶和華的名說預言，攻擊這城和這地，他的預言和耶利米所說的一樣。 21 約雅敬王和他所有的勇士，以及猶大的眾領袖聽見了烏利亞的話，王就想要殺他。烏利亞聽見了，就懼怕，就逃往埃及去。 22 約雅敬王打發人到埃及去，就是派亞革波的兒子以利拿單和一些人同到埃及去。 23 他們就把烏利亞從埃及帶出來，送到約雅敬王那裡。王用刀殺死他，把他的屍體拋在平民的墳地裡。
亞希甘維護耶利米
24 然而沙番的兒子亞希甘卻保護耶利米，不許人把耶利米交在人民的手中處死。
Jeremiah 24-26
New International Version
Jeremiah 24-26
New International Version
Two Baskets of Figs
24 After Jehoiachin[a](A) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs(B) placed in front of the temple of the Lord. 2 One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early;(C) the other basket had very bad(D) figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
3 Then the Lord asked me, “What do you see,(E) Jeremiah?”
“Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.”
4 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 5 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent(F) away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.[b] 6 My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back(G) to this land. I will build(H) them up and not tear them down; I will plant(I) them and not uproot them. 7 I will give them a heart to know(J) me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people,(K) and I will be their God, for they will return(L) to me with all their heart.(M)
8 “‘But like the bad(N) figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the Lord, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah(O) king of Judah, his officials(P) and the survivors(Q) from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt.(R) 9 I will make them abhorrent(S) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,(T) a curse[c](U) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish(V) them. 10 I will send the sword,(W) famine(X) and plague(Y) against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.(Z)’”
Seventy Years of Captivity
25 The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim(AA) son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar(AB) king of Babylon. 2 So Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people of Judah(AC) and to all those living in Jerusalem: 3 For twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah(AD) son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again,(AE) but you have not listened.(AF)
4 And though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets(AG) to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention.(AH) 5 They said, “Turn(AI) now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land(AJ) the Lord gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever. 6 Do not follow other gods(AK) to serve and worship them; do not arouse my anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you.”
7 “But you did not listen to me,” declares the Lord, “and you have aroused(AL) my anger with what your hands have made,(AM) and you have brought harm(AN) to yourselves.”
8 Therefore the Lord Almighty says this: “Because you have not listened to my words, 9 I will summon(AO) all the peoples of the north(AP) and my servant(AQ) Nebuchadnezzar(AR) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[d](AS) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,(AT) and an everlasting ruin.(AU) 10 I will banish from them the sounds(AV) of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom,(AW) the sound of millstones(AX) and the light of the lamp.(AY) 11 This whole country will become a desolate wasteland,(AZ) and these nations will serve(BA) the king of Babylon seventy years.(BB)
12 “But when the seventy years(BC) are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon(BD) and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,[e] for their guilt,” declares the Lord, “and will make it desolate(BE) forever. 13 I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written(BF) in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. 14 They themselves will be enslaved(BG) by many nations(BH) and great kings; I will repay(BI) them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”
The Cup of God’s Wrath
15 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup(BJ) filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send(BK) you drink it. 16 When they drink(BL) it, they will stagger(BM) and go mad(BN) because of the sword(BO) I will send among them.”
17 So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent(BP) me drink it: 18 Jerusalem(BQ) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin(BR) and an object of horror and scorn,(BS) a curse[f](BT)—as they are today;(BU) 19 Pharaoh king(BV) of Egypt,(BW) his attendants, his officials and all his people, 20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;(BX) all the kings of the Philistines(BY) (those of Ashkelon,(BZ) Gaza,(CA) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); 21 Edom,(CB) Moab(CC) and Ammon;(CD) 22 all the kings of Tyre(CE) and Sidon;(CF) the kings of the coastlands(CG) across the sea; 23 Dedan,(CH) Tema,(CI) Buz(CJ) and all who are in distant places[g];(CK) 24 all the kings of Arabia(CL) and all the kings of the foreign people(CM) who live in the wilderness; 25 all the kings of Zimri,(CN) Elam(CO) and Media;(CP) 26 and all the kings of the north,(CQ) near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms(CR) on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak[h](CS) will drink it too.
27 “Then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk(CT) and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword(CU) I will send among you.’ 28 But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink(CV), tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: You must drink it! 29 See, I am beginning to bring disaster(CW) on the city that bears my Name,(CX) and will you indeed go unpunished?(CY) You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword(CZ) on all(DA) who live on the earth,(DB) declares the Lord Almighty.’
30 “Now prophesy all these words against them and say to them:
“‘The Lord will roar(DC) from on high;
he will thunder(DD) from his holy dwelling(DE)
and roar mightily against his land.
He will shout like those who tread(DF) the grapes,
shout against all who live on the earth.
31 The tumult(DG) will resound to the ends of the earth,
for the Lord will bring charges(DH) against the nations;
he will bring judgment(DI) on all(DJ) mankind
and put the wicked to the sword,(DK)’”
declares the Lord.
32 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Look! Disaster(DL) is spreading
from nation to nation;(DM)
a mighty storm(DN) is rising
from the ends of the earth.”(DO)
33 At that time those slain(DP) by the Lord will be everywhere—from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered(DQ) up or buried,(DR) but will be like dung lying on the ground.
34 Weep and wail, you shepherds;(DS)
roll(DT) in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered(DU) has come;
you will fall like the best of the rams.[i](DV)
35 The shepherds will have nowhere to flee,
the leaders of the flock no place to escape.(DW)
36 Hear the cry(DX) of the shepherds,(DY)
the wailing of the leaders of the flock,
for the Lord is destroying their pasture.
37 The peaceful meadows will be laid waste
because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
38 Like a lion(DZ) he will leave his lair,
and their land will become desolate(EA)
because of the sword[j] of the oppressor(EB)
and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.(EC)
Jeremiah Threatened With Death
26 Early in the reign of Jehoiakim(ED) son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the Lord: 2 “This is what the Lord says: Stand in the courtyard(EE) of the Lord’s house and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah who come to worship in the house of the Lord.(EF) Tell(EG) them everything I command you; do not omit(EH) a word. 3 Perhaps they will listen and each will turn(EI) from their evil ways. Then I will relent(EJ) and not inflict on them the disaster I was planning because of the evil they have done. 4 Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: If you do not listen(EK) to me and follow my law,(EL) which I have set before you, 5 and if you do not listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you again and again (though you have not listened(EM)), 6 then I will make this house like Shiloh(EN) and this city a curse[k](EO) among all the nations of the earth.’”
7 The priests, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the Lord. 8 But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded(EP) him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized(EQ) him and said, “You must die!(ER) 9 Why do you prophesy in the Lord’s name that this house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted?”(ES) And all the people crowded(ET) around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
10 When the officials(EU) of Judah heard about these things, they went up from the royal palace to the house of the Lord and took their places at the entrance of the New Gate(EV) of the Lord’s house. 11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man should be sentenced to death(EW) because he has prophesied against this city. You have heard it with your own ears!”(EX)
12 Then Jeremiah said to all the officials(EY) and all the people: “The Lord sent me to prophesy(EZ) against this house and this city all the things you have heard.(FA) 13 Now reform(FB) your ways and your actions and obey(FC) the Lord your God. Then the Lord will relent(FD) and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you. 14 As for me, I am in your hands;(FE) do with me whatever you think is good and right. 15 Be assured, however, that if you put me to death, you will bring the guilt of innocent blood(FF) on yourselves and on this city and on those who live in it, for in truth the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words(FG) in your hearing.”
16 Then the officials(FH) and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man should not be sentenced to death!(FI) He has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”
17 Some of the elders of the land stepped forward and said to the entire assembly of people, 18 “Micah(FJ) of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“‘Zion(FK) will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,(FL)
the temple hill(FM) a mound overgrown with thickets.’[l](FN)
19 “Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did not Hezekiah(FO) fear the Lord and seek(FP) his favor? And did not the Lord relent,(FQ) so that he did not bring the disaster(FR) he pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster(FS) on ourselves!”
20 (Now Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim(FT) was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord; he prophesied the same things against this city and this land as Jeremiah did. 21 When King Jehoiakim(FU) and all his officers and officials(FV) heard his words, the king was determined to put him to death.(FW) But Uriah heard of it and fled(FX) in fear to Egypt. 22 King Jehoiakim, however, sent Elnathan(FY) son of Akbor to Egypt, along with some other men. 23 They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him struck down with a sword(FZ) and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.)(GA)
24 Furthermore, Ahikam(GB) son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, and so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 24:1 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin
- Jeremiah 24:5 Or Chaldeans
- Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.
- Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
- Jeremiah 25:12 Or Chaldeans
- Jeremiah 25:18 That is, their names to be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, to be seen by others as cursed
- Jeremiah 25:23 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads
- Jeremiah 25:26 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
- Jeremiah 25:34 Septuagint; Hebrew fall and be shattered like fine pottery
- Jeremiah 25:38 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 46:16 and 50:16); most Hebrew manuscripts anger
- Jeremiah 26:6 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.
- Jeremiah 26:18 Micah 3:12
Jeremiah 24-26
King James Version
Jeremiah 24-26
King James Version
24 The Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
3 Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
4 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
5 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
25 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
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 that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
6 And go 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 it.
16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
17 Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me:
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 And all the mingled 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,
24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.
30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.
32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
33 And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.
37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
26 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the Lord, saying,
2 Thus saith the Lord; Stand in the court of the Lord's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the Lord, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the Lord's house.
11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
16 Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.
17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
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