Jeremiah 25:1-9
Prophecy of the Captivity
1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the (A)fourth year of (B)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the (C)first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),
2 which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the (D)people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
3 “From the (E)thirteenth year of (F)Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, (a)these (G)twenty-three years the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken to you (b)(H)again and again, but you have not listened.
4 And the Lord has sent to you all His (I)servants the prophets (c)again and again, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear,
5 saying, ‘(J)Turn now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the land which the Lord has given to you and your forefathers (K)forever and ever;
6 and (L)do not go after other gods to (d)serve them and to (e)worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will do you no harm.’
7 Yet you have not listened to Me,” declares the Lord, “in order that you might (M)provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm.
8 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Because you have not obeyed My words,
9 behold, I will (N)send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (O)My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will (f)utterly destroy them and (P)make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
Footnotes:
a.
Jeremiah 25:3: ['Lit ', this]
b.
Jeremiah 25:3: ['Lit ', rising early and speaking]
c.
Jeremiah 25:4: ['Lit ', rising early and sending]
d.
Jeremiah 25:6: ['Or ', worship]
e.
Jeremiah 25:6: ['Or ', bow down to]
f.
Jeremiah 25:9: ['Or ', put them under the ban]