26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the
world, which areupon 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 evento 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 arewicked 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 oneend 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.
1 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 himto 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 isworthy 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 amin 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 isnot
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 likea 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.
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto
Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites,
and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to
Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that areupon the ground, by my great power and
by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my
servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land
come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
8 And it shall come to pass, thatthe nation and kingdom which will not serve the same
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king
of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and
with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to
your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king
of Babylon:
10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive
you out, and ye should perish.
11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him,
those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell
therein.
12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks
under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as
the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall
not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might
drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not
to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S
house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be
laid waste?
18 But if they beprophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make
intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and
inthe house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and
concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the
son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and
Jerusalem;
21 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in
the house of the LORD, and inthe house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them,
saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in
the fourth year, andin the fifth month, thatHananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which wasof
Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the
people, saying,
2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king
of Babylon.
3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house,
that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:
4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the
captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king