Jeremiah 25:1-11 - Seventy Years Of Servitude

¹ The word which came upon Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, - the same, was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; ² which word Jeremiah the prophet spake concerning all the people of Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying: - ³ From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amen king of Judah even until this day, the which is the twenty-third year, hath the word of Yahweh come unto me; and I have spoken unto you, betimes, speaking, yet have ye not hearkened. ⁴ And Yahweh sent unto you all, his servants the prophets, lifetimes sending, though ye hearkened not, neither inclined ye your ear to hear: ⁵ saying, - Return I pray you every one from his wicked way and from the wickedness of your doings, So shall ye remain on the soil which Yahweh hath given to you and to your fathers, - even from age to age; ⁶ But do not go away after other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, - So shall ye not provoke me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will not bring calamity upon you;

⁷ Howbeit ye hearkened not unto me, Declareth Yahweh, - that ye might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands unto your own hurt.

⁸ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, - Because ye have not heard my words, ⁹ Behold me! sending and fetching all the families of the North, Declareth Yahweh and Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon my servant, And I will bring them in against this land and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations, round about, - And I will devote them to destruction, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and age-abiding desolations. ¹⁰ And I will banish from among them - The voice of joy, 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 lamp: ¹¹ So shall all this land become a desolation, an astonishment, And these nations shall serve the king of Babylon, seventy years.